Life split all about with many inklingsZig a beloved bright youth onwardYears removed sausage segmentsSliced away blade cuts one by…
All I Need
A tableau of still spaceFloat outside of hoursI pet my dog and my catTherapeutic virtuesThe hushed three of usSoothing purring…
Enter Roland
It’s strange what making an entrance demandsWhen you can’t quite fit like a cookie cutBend at angles too odd for…
“Waking Up,” Episode 16 of my 5th Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform
Memory Word
I wait a long timeBut it’s only quietFor a last wordA stone carvingKneeling silenceRust in the rainNo heart creaks joyThe…
An Old Story
The Ring doorbell, with its announcement that “someone is at the door,” always sets Doris off. She’s a good watchdog. I’m very…
A Ghost Story
Those faraway eyesThe child comes to meSadness in this dreamThat weighs down my chestAll the next day and beyondHard breathing…
Chapter 26: Mysteries Solved
It seemed like a year since we’d been able to relax when we met at the Blue Light. The four of…
Do Not Try To Pet Bears
Australia, how would you know this?Barren of bears as AntarcticaAnd all your penguins silent on the subject No bear has ever…
About Time
No cajoling or encouraging necessarySilentSome say sinisterPlaying peep at meOld-time kids’ cardboard periscopeI don’t have to spyTo know you’re thereIf…
Chapter 25: You Only Live Once
Not since the first time he’d entered the Daoist monastery did Chan wonder about surrendering his service revolver. But he did…
Chapter 24: What I’ve Become
Masks. My son disappeared on Halloween. I’d thought I’d lost him. But a month later he was rescued off a tiny atoll up…
Chapter 23: A Mask
“No,” said Kathy, “I didn’t check for anything like that. I have to say, this body is a bit of a…
Chapter 22: My Sister, My Mom, and My Pop
My pop was always the best pop he could be. When my sister and I were kids, he was the…
Chapter 21: Sean Daniel and James Bond
“Sean, maybe give us the why before the how.” Chan and Kelso sat beside Daniel’s bedside. He was still not…
Largo
The slow spreadingThis body built by usPaunchy some and doughyRounds of beer and wineAnd sugar roses of no uglinessFrench food…
The end of the carnival
The summer of Magic IslandFerris wheel and rollercoasterLoud laughter and faster lightsFading after closing timeStanding in the growing quietWaiting by…
Chapter 20: Replacement
They’d been told that Hank Lee was awake and lucid for a few moments at a time. The four stood…
Chapter 19: No Joke
Well, I tell people I’m not sentimental, I mostly believe that. Kathy, let me see, oh yes, here it is:…
Growing Up Local (August 6, 2023)
“Make sure to watch the credits all the way to the end.” My friend, Bill Teter, was on his way…
Lanning Lee 