That Unkind of Call

When people still had landline telephonesSometimes I wanted to throw mine out the windowThe last time we talked, he told … More

It’s Just Not True

Time falls out visions wash awayHope holds on making plans for meFaith keeps pieces stored in empty roomsAs I dream … More

Those weren’t soft footstepsTip-toeing up the stairsWhen Gordon Lightfoot took offJumped the last jet planeTo rise whole and healedFar above … More

I stepped off the bus from Ullapool at the Inverness Station. Checking my watch, I saw I had four hours … More

I was riding the Pacific Heights bus toward Ward Avenue when I saw the smoke. As we neared the source, I … More

I have grown built to wait silentlyTo be played with by someoneA green Army man with green rifleStanding on his … More

When I was in preschoolA long, long time agoOnly a three-year-old, mind youAt snack time we’d eatIcy yellow pineapple cubesSprinkled … More

Before heading to the coroner’s office, Chan had to see if Harvey Wong was home. The house on Algaroba was a … More

We’re visiting the TV set of Mister Sunshine, the first Korean drama I ever watched,back in 2019, after my first … More

If you’d ask me 20 years ago how I felt about phones,I’d have said something along the lines of them … More

“Come out, come out, wherever you are.” A game I don’t actually remember playing.The only one I think might have … More

He walked our hill with a cane, his limp noticeable.My father asked him about it.He’d been disabled in combat in … More

We hear it, the neighbors screaming at each other,the shrieks bending the air through the neighborhood,two drunken enemies meeting on … More

I’m happy to say that the second in the series of my Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based crime stories is now … More

As he sits fingering his bottle of beer,wiping the sweat down in trickles,turning it slowly in tight circles on the … More

If I thought I could do it faster, I’d be setting myself up for heartbreak. But at my age everything starts … More

All eyes turned up from their work as Clayton strolled into the office. They were waiting, mentally laughing in advance at … More

Here’s my rough draft for Wednesday 01.26.22 Of Story Order The highest sun was heaven’s hottest flower The full moon … More

Say 60 years ago this morning, my sister and I would have been awake much earlier than sunrise, earlier than … More