Pretty Bird

I don’t see them displayed in tiny cages at restaurants and stores anymore, the way I remember them, confined and … More

Beautiful Rubbish

My mom used to call it “beautiful rubbish,” the red-orange flowers from our African Tulip trees, littering the lawn in … More

Learning This Right Now

No need to save anything on a board anymore, black or white, ephemeral chalk or marker. I’ve seen it in … More

Wrong

I stared at the block of numbers on the board. I recognized all of them; I could count. I did … More

The Other Side

I sit beside her watching whileshe pushes puréed peas and meatloaf around the green plastic tray,stirring in pudding and some … More

The First Episode of My New Hawaiʻi-Based Crime Story Is Now Available

I’m happy to say that the first episode of my second Hawaiʻi-based Lieutenant David Chan crime story is now available … More

Rough Cut

So we begin with sunny skies, a cartoon-like rainbow,scattered puffy clouds, the cotton ball kind,with all the flora and fauna … More

It’s All Work

You would think so, right, that during the downtime one of us might have done it, but we never have. … More

I’ll Be Your Roadie

You’ve brought us to The Golden Palace Restaurant in order for you to assess the plausibility of bidding on a … More

I Get Good Prices

It was a big moment in his life, when he first learned where he could buy a watch at a … More

Never Fear

I’m at the age where nostalgia’s candleburns bright.The yearning for something from the pastcan beunbearable at times,the bursting chest and … More

The Remnant Hours

Rising, late in the day, the hours so strange these days, it’s time to take off the coat of sleep … More

Including Plagiarized Passages on Sections of Skin

to the reticular dermisshow a cystic cavitylined by attenuated squamous epithelium.A prominent granular layer is presentwith overlying compact, lamellated corneocytes.The … More

Last Night

After sunset last night, I sat in the darkin my garage, listening to the sound of carsrunning up and down … More