The Odor

For as far back as I can recall in my childhood, I collected baseball cards. There was a period when … More

Down and Out

I’m working on the daily Wordle, my obsession, when my phone vibrates. At first, I try to ignore it, deep … More

“Like magic!” That’s what she thought, opening the package to find it was exactly what she’d thought about buying at … More

I did not recognize Keola. If you’ve not seen someone for, say, 25 years, you might have little difficulty recognizing … More

I’m not into tattoos. The first thing I ask a woman who’s interested in taking a relationship further is if … More

In my trips to China with my Qi Gong master, I’ve been able to visit places even many Chinese have … More

There was no escape. Time and tide, they say, but collectors are the same in that respect. They do not … More

Chris had no idea his father knew something about formal Filipino weddings. His father had warned him that not all … More

“So, I read your papers,” said Mr. Yang. “How many times do I have to tell you, folks, never to … More

Thinking I don’t feel like anything’s slowing down for meyet, bolting out of a house of wood and stone, gonefrom … More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It began one Saturday morning when his mother had been drinking coffee and reading the paper at the breakfast table. … More