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on a map we scana pinpoint we missangel almost headeddance so finestuck too throughfound unfoundout the other sidelost, no, lost, … More

Adultery, Theft, and Murder, Oh My (260 words)

I went back to my office. Some woman was waiting. I was anxious to get to the bottom of Kama and Eugene’s … More

I dreaded visiting Heels in O‘ahu Prison. Not because of going into the prison, but because of having to see him. … More

when sorrow impossibly palesloss of what made sense and words lostcome untethered time and rhymeunreasoned rants in late day hazespeech … More

I’m happy to say that my memoir is now available in both Kindle and print editions.

dance of souls swayhot ear to warm cheekbaffled sound of heartsrunning throughso small the body spacerclosing of emptiness betweenflesh and … More

I gotta say, having looked at a thousand and one or more of these kinds of photos, that the guy … More

I saw you just now at Safewayan angel working the register on Christmas day. Every time, like Laurence SterneI admire … More

This is the kind of thing we did. Routine kinda stuff. Safe. Usually. I was working a suspicious spouse case myself. Guys cheat on … More

Chan had a witness. It looked to the witness like the victim had been swimming and a woman had saved him … More

I explained to Chan how Eugene Kanai called a few hours ago, said he wanted to tell me something he … More

Well, at least Kama had avoided dealing with cops for the rest of his life. I was the one who lived, … More

When HPD showed, I wasn’t surprised that Lieutenant David Chan, my old brother-in-arms, walked in. Me and him and Kama’d all … More

I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i. I shiver, … More

Eugene Kanai, my old high-school classmate, had wanted to stop by the office to talk. It’d been twenty-five years since we’d … More

I came this close. That “in the very next breath” thing. It took all he had to gesture, get me on my … More

The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More

I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my … More

With David vouching for me, I was released into his custody. After I’d told him everything, he said, “Lanning, did anyone … More

I started running when I moved back to Honolulu. Running in Madison was difficult for me because it was always either … More