“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More
Author: Lanning Lee
When You’re Right
It began one Saturday morning when his mother had been drinking coffee and reading the paper at the breakfast table. … More
Tomorrow
The two took a table, their old table, in the Coffee Stop. It was one establishment that had survived the worst … More
Buyer Beware
I’ve sold everything from houses in Kāhala to potato peelers and vacuum cleaners. You saw Lucille Ball as a saleswoman tossing … More
The Long Grass
I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up … More
Chapter One, “Chan and Lee, Holmes and Watson,” of my fourth Lt. David Chan mystery, The Housing Market Murders, is now available on the Kindle Vella Platform.
Heavy Sleeper
“I’ve had to talk to you about this too many times, David,” she said. “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.” Mrs. … More
Hit
This time he wrote the song about the break-up of his first marriage. The funny thing is, that was the … More
Front
It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More
Disillusion
After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a … More
I’m happy to say that my second memoir, More About That Later, Hawai’i Born and Bred, is now available
You can find it in both paperback and ebook editions on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/lanninglee
Ride
My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More
Normal
If you lived an eternity in each moment, he wondered,why wouldn’t that mean you’d only ever live for a single … More
Hope
Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More
Pursuit
The only way to get in there, she believed without question, was throughperforming good deeds, the living by and through … More
Lifesaver
He’d joined on the Daegu because his uncle captained that long-line vessel.It was grueling work, worse his stomach betrayed him … More
Circus
As a child he’d attended the circus once, and once only.His parents, he imagined, must have seen it as a … More
Hiatus
A break for her came, the grading of papers and the teaching done.The quiet pulse of what’s to do next, … More
Tradition
His body was given for me, he thought, kept hearing it overand over while he watched the walk along the … More
Old
She remembered that day, that one so long agoit seemed it was a dream, and that fond embraceso hard it … More