Chapter 14: Slow and Steady

“What are you doing?” asked Kelso, watching Chan hand over his revolver to the monk who’d swung open the 12-foot … More

Musing

And as she agedShe whisperedSoft and always softerMy hand on hersHer fingers worn and weakened armsBreath fading fainterHow she played … More

The Blue Light Bar and Grill, owned by Rick Yamanaha, had become an H.P.D. hangout when the police station stood … More

Jacob Sugai sat glassy-eyed, his cold hands folded and resting on the deep green desk blotter. He’d been first into … More

These words came to me in an odd way. I have been to Baltimore, to attend a conference on disability … More

It’s not just now; it’s been this way all my lifeSome mental disorder I only overcame by recitingLyrics until they … More

I dreamt I was returning to Africa,traveling this time by ship.As we came into port, I could seeall the trees were … More

Back when Friday was for crazy, Saturday insanity,Sunday for laying in the dead, steamed like lobsters or clams,there’d come again … More

“Try stop, Chris, try stop,” said Allen, grabbing Chris’s arm. Chris looked at the small hand, then at Allen’s face. … More

Her hand grips mine for the first timeand the dream becomes real. I bet she says, I’m the one you’ll … More

The ride back to the station was hellacious for Chan in two ways. First, Philip Tico kept up his tirade … More

Chan came in early Sunday morning. He wanted to see what would transpire when his partner arrived. Bobby Stillman showed … More

Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it didn’t matter. Any meal where Dr. Philip Tico and his wife Zelda were eating together … More

Miraculously, I have found enough wordsall month long to fill unturned pages turned,my daily worry, heavy as a dreaming child’s … More

I recognize the boy climbing up the bank on the other side.Turning, he calls to me, over the rush of … More

“Have you heard of Phil Tico?” asked Bobby Stillman. Chan’s blood came to an instant boil. Not only did he know … More

Girl meets Boy.Boy is blind.Girl joins another Girl in bank robbery for money to finance corneal transplants.Girl is caught and … More

It had become dangerous for the universities to remain open. Still, I begged my parents to let me attend. In … More

“Where’d he come from?” asked Stillman, bending down to see what if any damage had been done when he dropped … More

Like the intricate webs they conceive in waking life,spiders minds may spin cognitively complex dreams.If a spider does dream, of … More