Race

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

The Lurch (Part Two)

He’d heard that phrase all his life, but never thought much about what it might mean. Maybe he might’ve been … More

EXTERIOR. ON THE BEACH AT KEKAHA, KAUAʻI, HAWAIʻI EVENING Four friends, BEANPOLE, BROWNIE, GOODIE, and PEANUT sit on the sand … More

Sickest I’ve ever been. I don’t think anyone got annual flu shots back then. At least I never heard of … More

Last Friday, brightly believing that I’d now become immune to Covid because of finally receiving the first of two Pfizer … More

Since I’ve retired, I’ve looked for things to do to fill out my routine. One thing I’d never done before … More

The fire and the sirens woke everyone up. The sky was bright orange and red. I knew it when I … More

You can listen to me read this story: https://anchor.fm/lanning-lee/episodes/This-Is-the-Bondage-One-esm9oh * * * * * I said it was aiming for … More

Maybe, he mused once, if it hadn’t been for marriage, he’d have ended up in prison. Once he met Beatrice, … More

Life had not gone the way he’d hoped since his retirement from teaching. Instead of traveling the world, renovating his … More

my tongue bitten to bloody point,harder and harder, I feel it now, and justa little bit harder now, yes, there, … More

At my house, growing up, we had the Big Knife. I don’t know if it was the same at your … More

It’s us sitting on a seawall.Maybe somewhere near Waikīkī.I don’t know.Great photo though.We’re both looking down and toward each other.We’re … More

I have been dreaming myself into stories again. These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take, … More

Ed had been in a bad auto accident. More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near … More

Retirement had been half, half good so far. The bad side was that he still had never established a routine … More

Dr. Choo of the Zoology Department at O‘ahu University has made it his life’s work to investigate sightings and stories … More

I’m guessing someone’s died out here tonight. He’d been brought up in the Lutheran Church, his Grandmother and then his … More

She tried to be friendly to the customers most of the time. “I’m sorry, John, I didn’t quite catch your … More

I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent … More