Into our heavy shame wedges truth,sharp, an accusing guilt that can move usnowhere, cannot carry us back in timeto change…
Remarkable
Her hand grips mine for the first timeand the dream becomes real. I bet she says, I’m the one you’ll…
On the Beach
A steeple dynasty palm grows its spiked shadow umbrellaover sand’s losing battle, washed out by thin skimming water. They scatter,…
To Autumn
Love might break in at Indian Summer,a mid-autumn drying then, and quick,remember Madison on fire,the multi-bright colored leaves,votive candles, how…
Theme
So to forget about last night’s dream,a mass forgetting cannot happen too soon,you wake up and start the search again…
Chapter 32: Regrouping
The four men grabbed beers and sat down at a table in the private back room of the Blue Light…
Chapter 31: Jeffrey Tico, David Chan, and Bobby Stillman
There were two things David Chan disliked about his job. One was being designated as the face of HPD’s Homicide…
Chapter 30: I’ll Kill Lieutenant Chan
Richard Han and Tommy Choi were not stupid men. They had risen to become Byung Yu’s right and left hand…
Chapter 29: Bad News
The ride back to the station was hellacious for Chan in two ways. First, Philip Tico kept up his tirade…
Chapter 28: Killer Love
Sung-min Kwon knew that there was a difference between thinking you’re in love and knowing it. Back in Korea, growing…
“Fate,” Episode 5 of my 5th Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Chapter 27: Still More About Bobby Stillman
“Bobby, let’s go,” said Chan, moving toward the door. Stillman hung up the phone abruptly. “Oh, where to, boss?” “I’ll…
Chapter 26: Kwon Sung-min Comes to Town
“I’m very sorry, sir, but as I explained to you on the phone, twice now, Miss Yu is unavailable.” Sung-min…
Destiny
You will create more dusting stars one day the plotter plots a scythe swoosh hovering over growing weeds will call,…
Chapter 25: A Little More About Bobby Stillman
Jumping in his car, Chan again cursed the fact that HPD allowed detectives to use their own cars, but they’d…
Chapter 24: A Passage to Paradise
From that day on, Kang Yu took Sung-min Kwon under his wing. “The young man,” he often noted with great…
Chapter 23: A Father’s Revenge
Chan came in early Sunday morning. He wanted to see what would transpire when his partner arrived. Bobby Stillman showed…
Chapter 22: A Son’s Revenge
Kang Yu’s second-in-command approached Sung-min while he practiced throwing his knives on the edge of the pistol firing range. “That’s…
Chapter 21: About Bobby Stillman
Captain Delbert Kauhane, Chief of Detectives, called a meeting for three-fourths of the Hawai‘i Four-9 task force. He’d not invited…
Chapter 20: Discovering a Father
Sung-min Kwon did not understand what the man meant about his father having killed Lt. David Chan. Kang Yu could…
Lanning Lee 