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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 hou.

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Category: Short Story

Target

He watched the Buddhist monks practice their archery at Kapiolani Park. They would draw back the bowstring, close their eyes, … More

#Animals, #Childhood, #FathersandSons, #FlashFictionFeb, #Food, #Hawaii, #Learning, #ShortStory, #WriterFriday

A Marriage of Two Minds

“So what do you think it looks like?” she asks. We’re head to head, lying on the grass, staring up … More

#Animals, #Changes, #FlashFictionFeb, #Love, #Marriage, #Relationships, #ShortStory, #WriterThursday

Assisting the Spirit

Mrs. Cho’s gift was guiding spirits to the afterlife.  People who knew about her ability – and this was all … More

#Death, #Grandparents, #Grief, #Hawaii, #OldAge, #ShortStory, #WriterTuesday

Then and Now

I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish.  Coming to … More

#FathersandSons, #Ghosts, #Hawaii, #OldAge, #ShortStory, #Time, #WriterMonday, Aging

The Swimming Lesson

            When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi … More

#Childhood, #Death, #FathersandSons, #FlashFictionFeb, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Swimming, #TakingChances, #WriterSunday

To Save a Life

       Kwan woke to her neighbor’s rooster crowing.  It was a welcome new sound these days for her.  Other neighbors hated, she knew, … More

#Animals, #Death, #FlashFictionFeb, #gooddeeds, #ShortStory, #TakingChances, #WriterSaturday

A Bad Connection

       The phone rang, distracting her.  She was thinking about her husband, Harry.  She looked over at the clock:  9:45.  He was coming home later … More

#Changes, #FlashFictionFeb, #Hawaii, #Love, #Marriage, #ShortStory, #WriterFriday

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

The Best Gift

“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it.            Mr. Watanabe looked at it.  Then at the other colors.  All … More

#Birthdays, #FEBRUARY FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2021, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Marriage, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

Business as Unusual

Robert Morgado did pest control.  His father had done pest control, and so had his grandfather.  When his wife said “Nuff already, … More

#Children, #family, #FathersandDaughters, #FEBRUARY FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2021, #ShortStory, #Work, #WriterTuesday

Still Standing

It amazed him how long, after a tree died, was even completely rotted through like this one appeared to be, … More

#FEBRUARY FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2021, #FlashFictionFeb, #Grief, #Hawaii, #Love, #Marriage, #ShortStory, #WriterMonday

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

Strong Women

She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More

#Children, #Education, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Politics, #Prejudice, #Race, #ShortStory, #WriterSaturday

Stormy Weather

He stepped out into a sunless day.  He wondered where it had gone.  Oh no. Could this be that end of the world … More

#family, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #Prose, #ShortStory, #Weather, #WriterMonday, Murder

All Hallows’ Eve

I started running when I moved back to Honolulu.  Running in Madison was difficult for me because it was always either … More

#Childhood, #Ghosts, #Halloween, #Hawaii, #Mystery, #ShortStory, #Witches, #WriterSunday

Prune Mui

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi.  If there were someone living near you who had … More

#Christmas, #Death, #Food, #Mystery, #Neighbors, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

Elephant Santa

My neighbor has an elephant dressed like Santa up on his roof.  Every night when it gets dark, he plugs it … More

#Christmas, #Death, #Mystery, #ShortStory, #WriterTuesday

Turtle Logic

It was the coldest winter on record in Wisconsin.  David was glad to be back home in Hawai‘i for winter break.  Grad … More

#Animals, #Childhood, #Grief, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Teachers, #WriterSunday

On the Edge

We approach the Russian Border traveling from Kirkenes, Norway by boat.  In order to come right to the borderline, we … More

#Education, #Politics, #ShortStory, #Travel, #WriterThursday, #WritingPrompt

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

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