Goes Without Saying

Glenda: So quiet tonight, yeah, dear. Herb: All that screaming today. All the noise pau. Glenda: This neighborhood used to … More

The Wrong Time

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

They entered West Towne Mall and Mrs. Goodman gave great thanks for the warmth. It was officially the coldest winter … More

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

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

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

Friday nights we smoke dopedrink Strawberry Hilland I give Steve driving lessons Every time we pass by her houseSteve stops … More

I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long … More

I had a feeling I was not talking to the most public-minded citizen, but I tried that tack first. “Instead … More

dance of souls swayhot ear to warm cheekbaffled sound of heartsrunning throughso small the body spacerclosing of emptiness betweenflesh and … More

When HPD showed, I wasn’t surprised that Lieutenant David Chan, my old brother-in-arms, walked in. Me and him and Kama’d all … More

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

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

This is the way it should be for everyone who passesswing us back, some yearning mote of feather dust floatsin … More

The line was incredibly long. We stood in the dark, many of us smoking because none of us knew about secondhand … More

If I’d been the right age to have experienced those long summer breaks of my childhood, where I’d have two-and-a-half … More

In the immortal words of Henry Frankenstein: “It’s alive. In the name of God now I know it seems like … More

“That bastard is playing pool next door,” said Chan to the other three 49ers. “This is what we need to do.” … More

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

On the way to the Moana, Stillman filled Chan in on the young woman found on the beach. She’d been raped … More