We didn’t pass, I thought, when I was what, getting new glasses,so I didn’t see you, pretty sure, out the…
How To Kill Superman
“Yes, of course,” said Byung Yu. “If – I mean when you kill David Chan, you will have killed Honolulu’s…
No Toying Around with This Unhappy Meal
Right outside my window I watch them ripple,the woven snares, feather tapestries billowing lighton intermittent breezes turning art into performance.…
Like Father, Like Son
His son, David Jr., still lived at home. This was good. He was finishing up his English major at UH…
All Our Summers Find One Winter’s End
The only photo I had was of you at that one picnic,blue, long-sleeved shirt, a turtle neck, and white slacks.Our…
The Innocent
It had become dangerous for the universities to remain open. Still, I begged my parents to let me attend. In…
Wellspring
In every family there is one central soul,the energetic heart that pumps life blood to all,the bond of it all…
Let’s Kill Lieutenant Chan
Everything she said could have, should have, bothered him, if he were normal. But it didn’t because he wasn’t normal at…
A Last Wave
Feel sorry for her? That’s a good way to ruin a teenager’s weekend.This is not the way, say, for an…
A Sleepless Night
He thought about how a bullet travels at 1700 miles per hour, so if you see it, it’s only for…
A Visiting
“Ay, it’s the cost of everything these days that drives me crazy. Nowadays I’m only rolling my own.” Chris could…
What’s Done
Pressing themselves, all of them, into permanent wallflowers, these young people gone flat at functions, standing still, eyes lasers on…
Surviving a Second Attempt
“Where’d he come from?” asked Stillman, bending down to see what if any damage had been done when he dropped…
The Final Movement
Our father says the sound is loud enough to wake the dead. The music is alive tonight in infinite weathered…
A Hired Hand
The blade was so sharp, Wang was tempted to run it against his thumb. Blood fascinated him. Even his own.…
Hardly Living
To be in peak health and die in your sleep, unaware of a painless passing, this is the way I…
Holy Night
It was madness to treat you like some character locked in a box, for all I knew, you suffering too…
I’m Listening Still
“I don’t see it that way,” you say, and I begin the wonder why.We sit cross legged on the floor…
“One of the Scams,” Episode 6 of my latest Lt. David Chan mystery, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform
Celebratory Beers
When is a beer not a celebratory beer? This is not a riddle. Every beer I drink with relatives and…
