The Last Time

Mr. Fujimoto wheeled his gray trash bin to the curb and dropped it at the edge. Pausing, he looked down … More

Sugar or Salt?

We sat opposite each other, each stirring coffee in thick white cups, trying to cool it off. “Cream,” I said. “Cream … More

Thank you for your note letting me know you’d received the notice I sent. It’s been a long time since we … More

Albert could hear him stop on the other side of the door. He sounded like an asthmatic, as if the exertion … More

1. Death Wish Rendered unconscious by a fall in the bathtub, a president of Russia drowned. * * * 2. … More

If I thought I could do it faster, I’d be setting myself up for heartbreak. But at my age everything starts … More

The idea is knowing I can go somewhere, and I amcreating the first pattern of steps no one has ever … More

Alice was down on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor when the doorbell rang. The kitchen floor always took a … More

The clock above his computer was a big one. Its tick, tick, tick could be ignored some nights, but not … More

I left you there for just a moment, at the forest’s edge, before we began our journey. When I returned … More

The icy wind swirled and cut at them like a knife that could slice a tomato paper-thin. Stars shown above as … More

“Put ‘er there, pal,” he says, sounding as though he’s stepped out of an O. Henry story. I put my … More

Episode 10 of my second Lieutenant David Chan Hawaiʻi-based crime story is now available on Kindle Vella.

From the time he began college, he kept every single book he bought for every course he took. His library … More

As porous as air, sliced Thin, I fall between See you way over there perhaps, or Not, maybe hear your … More

People wonder how I became a professor. It matters little to them that I’ve published a dozen important books and … More

He’d collected coins from the time his father thought he was ready to understand the hobby. “You see, David,” said … More

Ala Moana Shopping Center is anchored, much like Sears and Liberty House used to do, replaced now by Nordstrom and … More

If you hadn’t heard, I’m sure you could guess that living in Hawai’i is expensive. Many people have two jobs, some … More

Chris is meeting this grandmother and grandfather, Al and Sarah, for the first time. This is also the first time he’s … More