A manwho has sweated many timesin his fighting careersays blood is only red sweat But nothing hurts morethan a mentorin…
Confrontation (Part One)
Chris Andaya had a stare so cold it might freeze fire. It wasn’t something he put on; it was natural.…
Broken is Broken
Don’t pick up the pieces, put them back together,then tell me, Hey, look, it’s as good as new, all right?…
Love’s Not
Some primal urge to break abandoned factory windows with stones in passing,or to break a companion’s heart with hard words…
Cooling
In the shade, he sat enjoying his shave iceunder a banyan tree, the sound of wavesrolling on, the wrinkled ocean…
Redemption
Into our heavy shame wedges truth,sharp, an accusing guilt that can move usnowhere, cannot carry us back in timeto change…
Remarkable
Her hand grips mine for the first timeand the dream becomes real. I bet she says, I’m the one you’ll…
On the Beach
A steeple dynasty palm grows its spiked shadow umbrellaover sand’s losing battle, washed out by thin skimming water. They scatter,…
To Autumn
Love might break in at Indian Summer,a mid-autumn drying then, and quick,remember Madison on fire,the multi-bright colored leaves,votive candles, how…
Theme
So to forget about last night’s dream,a mass forgetting cannot happen too soon,you wake up and start the search again…
Chapter 32: Regrouping
The four men grabbed beers and sat down at a table in the private back room of the Blue Light…
Chapter 31: Jeffrey Tico, David Chan, and Bobby Stillman
There were two things David Chan disliked about his job. One was being designated as the face of HPD’s Homicide…
Chapter 30: I’ll Kill Lieutenant Chan
Richard Han and Tommy Choi were not stupid men. They had risen to become Byung Yu’s right and left hand…
Chapter 29: Bad News
The ride back to the station was hellacious for Chan in two ways. First, Philip Tico kept up his tirade…
Chapter 28: Killer Love
Sung-min Kwon knew that there was a difference between thinking you’re in love and knowing it. Back in Korea, growing…
“Fate,” Episode 5 of my 5th Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Chapter 27: Still More About Bobby Stillman
“Bobby, let’s go,” said Chan, moving toward the door. Stillman hung up the phone abruptly. “Oh, where to, boss?” “I’ll…
Chapter 26: Kwon Sung-min Comes to Town
“I’m very sorry, sir, but as I explained to you on the phone, twice now, Miss Yu is unavailable.” Sung-min…
Destiny
You will create more dusting stars one day the plotter plots a scythe swoosh hovering over growing weeds will call,…
Chapter 25: A Little More About Bobby Stillman
Jumping in his car, Chan again cursed the fact that HPD allowed detectives to use their own cars, but they’d…
Lanning Lee 