Poisoning

Besides roach and ant traps, this time Alika added rat poison. He’d started hearing them at night. In between the … More

Fame and Misfortune

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.– Susan Ertz This … More

Practice

Shouldn’t everyone who attends a high school class reunion, he thought, have something interesting to talk about? Don’t we all … More

Passion

Lia would drink a bottle or two of wine whenever that passion dwindled down for a time these days. It’s … More

Two Alike

It had been a while. She sat there like a little jewel, the sun sparkling on her back when he … More

It’s Late

Back in the day, when he figured he’d never be one of the victims, he’d duck into Safeway, 7-Eleven, or … More

Driving into Darkness

They drove all day. As the moon rose, under its glow, they could make out nothing but flat, empty land … More

Unusual Business

They weren’t friends. Let’s call them acquaintances. Maybe. They’d done business together for several years, now, and today’s meeting had … More

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