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Lanning Lee

Lanning Lee

Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Category: Character Sketch

A Judge of Character

“Sir? Excuse me?” Ronald Ito turns around, sees it’s an older security guard. Close cropped silver hair, the kind of … More

#CharacterSketch, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterFriday

The Bibliophile (100 words)

“I love books,” he says, standing next to one of the massive shelving units in his study, his shoulders rounded … More

#CharacterSketch, #Death, #Ghosts, #HusbandsandWives, #Relationships, #WriterFriday

The Sharpest Knife

Never mind the bloody footprint track his right boot made for the first few steps.  Nobody is 100% perfect.  But … More

#CharacterSketch, #Death, #Education, #FlashFictionFeb, #Murder, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

The Holy One

Hey!  What are you looking at?  Are you looking at me?  Well, it sure seems like it.  Not that I’m the only one here, … More

#CharacterSketch, #FlashFictionFeb, #friendship, #Memory, #ShortStory, #WriterThursday

Closing Time at the Kaka‘ako Café

Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More

#CharacterSketch, #food, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Work, #WriterSunday

2019 in Wuhan

This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More

#CharacterSketch, #China, #Poetry, #Travel, #WriterSunday

Social Distancing

The man, 30-something, points to his wrist:  “Brah, what ti – ” I interrupt him, knowing where he’s going, and … More

#CharacterSketch, #fiction, #Hawaii, #ShortStory

The Empress of Shave Ice

She stands alone, a little hunched, a bump slowly reshaping her back,this empress of her mom and pop shave ice … More

#WriterThursday, #WritingPrompt, Character Sketch
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