I think I know who’s up there

I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand … More

The Laundry Line

There is nowhere else to go, all the doors and windows are locked, so I sit here on the stairs, … More

Some Neighbors

I am knocking at a polite volume and friendly speed on my neighbor’s door.  This is the one in the apartment … More

Then and Now

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

Still Standing

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

dot dot dot

pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More

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

Mr. and Mrs. Robertson

I said, “David, what if she was bringing him some kind of sacrifice?” “How so?” “Well, maybe the man she … More

Tintinnabulation (400 words)

“I’m sorry,” David said, patting me on the shoulder. “Hey, we were old news,” I said.  “Kama won Amelia fair and … More

The moment

when sorrow impossibly palesloss of what made sense and words lostcome untethered time and rhymeunreasoned rants in late day hazespeech … More

It’s Who You Know (120 words)

Well, at least Kama had avoided dealing with cops for the rest of his life.  I was the one who lived, … More

The Case of the Strong Swimmer, Chapter 2, Is It Me? (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery)

With David vouching for me, I was released into his custody.  After I’d told him everything, he said, “Lanning, did anyone … More

Cold Comfort

He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip … More

Sometimes a love doesn’t seem hardly enough

to get me through this world whole Sometimes it’s just enough to get me out of bedbut by midday I’m … More

My corn grows high

in five large black plastic pots on my lānai,watering, and fertilized with care,I am satisfied, bearthe slight tremorin my hands … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 20, I Draw the Line

I was maybe 15 minutes late.  I ran up the stairs to the 3rd floor of George Hall and popped in the … More

Critical Inquiry

When did the three weird sisters start hanging out together?Did they meet at a political convention, or at a grocery … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 13, It’s a Small World

My voice changing, leading to my having to retire from the Honolulu Children’s Opera Chorus, and therefore losing touch with … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 8, To Read or Not To Read

I’ve always felt that there are some books I love so much that I keep coming back to them despite … More

All That Jazz (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 23)

I struggled more with writing up this case than I did the last.  Because I myself wasn’t part of the case, … More