3: Into the Fire

Like all of the other gawkers, Chan sat on the low stone wall across Pi‘ikoi watching the Pacific Insurance building … More

Enter Roland

It’s strange what making an entrance demandsWhen you can’t quite fit like a cookie cutBend at angles too odd for … More

Not since the first time he’d entered the Daoist monastery did Chan wonder about surrendering his service revolver. But he did … More

They’d been told that Hank Lee was awake and lucid for a few moments at a time. The four stood … More

My grandfather came to Honolulu in 1870 from Canton Province in China. He was nine years old. He spoke no … More

I’m no romantic. When I met my wife, it was love at first sight. You hear about that happening, but who believes … More

For who knew what bright reason, most airlines scheduled flights to arrive during roughly the same time periods. There were … More

The intercom buzzed, taking his mind off the view of Honolulu Harbor. “Governor, it’s Sir George Masterson on the phone … More

Each would fill eachTo brimming can as mayBut the momentComes, soon lost fingersThat slide betweenIndex and thumbA brief wax scentBreathless … More

I turn on my pillowTo her gentle pushSee in her eyesTheir shineA kind yellow glintOn a field of brownHow smart … More

Just before you sleepYou may hearThe road you’ve wound downTalk to youTell you the tale of your stepsHow it’s heard … More

The title of the second chapter will be,“Is Hamlet’s Will His Own?”Each will be a questionthat will be rigorously discussedbut … More

On the third morning of the new school year, Chris made it a point to be sitting on the library … More

In the shade, he sat enjoying his shave iceunder a banyan tree, the sound of wavesrolling on, the wrinkled ocean … More

There were two things David Chan disliked about his job. One was being designated as the face of HPD’s Homicide … More

Jumping in his car, Chan again cursed the fact that HPD allowed detectives to use their own cars, but they’d … More

When David Chan returned to the station, he found Sergeant Stillman poring over a file having to do with a … More

Byung Yu was mightily relieved when Sung-min Wang called him the following day. He’d been concerned that the people at … More

I say again I have no funny family stories worth telling.Lots of families do, sure, and sure, some of minemight … More

The Christmas berry tree where I hung in the crookof the main branch, every night, always after dark, I waited,you … More