Figuring

“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More

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