Chapter 11: Going Home

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

“Safety First,” Episode 13 of my 5th Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform

“We lost him,” said Kauhane. “I want Agent Daniel to take a look at the corpse and see if he recognizes…

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

I heard Agent Daniel get up and head for the bathroom. The sun was just coming up over Papakōlea. When…

By the time Captain Kauhane and Sergeant Kelso made it out to the gate area, Sergeant Kalahiki, covered in blood,…

I came awake in the dark. It took me a moment to figure out where I was and what I…

to the final falls at the river’s headbecomes more treacherousthe closer I come to getting there,the more slippery the terrain,boulders…

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

Everything under the sun and the moon seemed to be keeping me up tonight. When I was putting together a…

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

When she came through the entrance to Zippy’s, the expression on her face told me that something had changed. Why…

Daily Affirmations Mantra (May be chanted aloud or recited silently) Take a deep breath and exhale slowly Begin All weeds…

a distant little door before whichyour message sits, like you, I wonder,waiting. The journey from herewill take an hour, from there…

We haunt yesterday’s bonfiresCozy after days of swimmingAnd miles of nature walksLearned every plant and treeWe’d seen for a million…

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

Because it was my body, I went in to watch it being cut up. We’d found him on the side…

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

Miss Lucy Pineda died two weeks ago. She was always Miss Lucy. Yesterday, there was a big neighborhood barbecue at…

It all changes slowly, the way we’re perceivedAs we do become more than we first meant I hear now before I…