Neighbors

Quiet practice I considered a courtesy.The gesture of a considerate neighbor. The walls in this apartment complex are thin.Sometimes I … More

A Body at Rest

She sleeps deeply, beautiful as smooth carved marble, her moonlit face shows no wrinkles, no scars that you might see … More

Destiny, a word redolent with possibility,is an outer world, one beyond usbut around us.As we live our lives we bump … More

Vinyl was as good as dead, but it’s making a comeback.Like Lazarus, LPs have risen from the grave.The last time … More

He’d heard that phrase all his life, but never thought much about what it might mean. Maybe he might’ve been … More

My sister snaps the picture. She’s not a professional photographer, I muse. And she’s using my iPhone. What this occasion … More

The fire and the sirens woke everyone up. The sky was bright orange and red. I knew it when I … More

At my house, growing up, we had the Big Knife. I don’t know if it was the same at your … More

Ed had been in a bad auto accident. More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near … More

Dr. Choo of the Zoology Department at Hawai‘i University has made it his life’s work to investigate sightings and stories … More

I’m guessing someone’s died out here tonight. He’d been brought up in the Lutheran Church, his Grandmother and then his … More

She watched him every morning, very closely, waiting for something. He would sit slumped in his seat at the table. … More

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

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

Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows … More

I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More

Mrs. Robertson added, “We go to Europe frequently for Lambert’s business, but we manage to vacation a good deal.” “Yes, … More

Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More

I dreaded visiting Heels in O‘ahu Prison. Not because of going into the prison, but because of having to see him. … More

I explained to Chan how Eugene Kanai called a few hours ago, said he wanted to tell me something he … More