TOWN OF PINE HILL FALLS MAINE · INCORPORATED 1891

The Pine Hill Falls town square on an autumn morning, with its white gazebo and red maples

Welcome to Pine Hill Falls

Established 1891. Population 312.

“We were expecting you.”

A Message from the Mayor

Official portrait of Mayor Everett Holloway, smiling, in a white shirt and red suspenders
Mayor, Town of Pine Hill Falls

Dear friends,

Thank you for stopping by. Here in Pine Hill Falls, folks know each other by first name, and there’s always a warm pie waiting at Dot’s. If you’re just passing through, pull up a chair and stay a while. Nobody here is ever in a hurry.

And if there’s no one waiting on you back home, rest assured: here, we’re expecting you. Whether you’re a visitor or a future neighbor, the door to Town Hall is open. It has been since 1891.

Warmly,

Everett Holloway Mayor, Town of Pine Hill Falls

New to Town?

Thinking about settling down? Every new resident is given a furnished home, a steady job and a seat at the big festival table.

No paperwork, no references. No need for an emergency contact, either. Your stay starts here.

Join our community

White clapboard house with dark green shutters, a wraparound porch and a porch swing, at 27 Birch Street

The Book About Our Town

On his thirty-fifth birthday, Alan Walter, a lonely network technician, takes a shortcut his GPS suggests and ends up in a small Maine town that isn’t on any map. In Pine Hill Falls, everyone knows his name. They give him a house, a job, a woman who seems to have loved him forever. Everyone smiles all the way up to their eyes, all the time. And every night at 3:12, the townspeople walk barefoot into the street.

French-language edition. English translation coming soon.

Synopsis, excerpts and full content warning

Same story, same ending. The uncensored edition shows what the standard one only hints at.

18+ For adult readers. Read the content warning