Blue Elephant

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

Good Save

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

Time Was Money

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

Not That Hungry

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

Example

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

Lost in Thought

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

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.