“So, I read your papers,” said Mr. Yang. “How many times do I have to tell you, folks, never to…
Lost in Thought
Thinking I don’t feel like anything’s slowing down for meyet, bolting out of a house of wood and stone, gonefrom…
Poisoning
Besides roach and ant traps, this time Alika added rat poison. He’d started hearing them at night. In between the…
Fame and Misfortune
Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.– Susan Ertz This…
Practice
Shouldn’t everyone who attends a high school class reunion, he thought, have something interesting to talk about? Don’t we all…
Passion
Lia would drink a bottle or two of wine whenever that passion dwindled down for a time these days. It’s…
Two Alike
It had been a while. She sat there like a little jewel, the sun sparkling on her back when he…
It’s Late
Back in the day, when he figured he’d never be one of the victims, he’d duck into Safeway, 7-Eleven, or…
Driving into Darkness
They drove all day. As the moon rose, under its glow, they could make out nothing but flat, empty land…
Unusual Business
They weren’t friends. Let’s call them acquaintances. Maybe. They’d done business together for several years, now, and today’s meeting had…
Figuring
“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some…
When You’re Right
It began one Saturday morning when his mother had been drinking coffee and reading the paper at the breakfast table.…
Tomorrow
The two took a table, their old table, in the Coffee Stop. It was one establishment that had survived the worst…
Buyer Beware
I’ve sold everything from houses in Kāhala to potato peelers and vacuum cleaners. You saw Lucille Ball as a saleswoman tossing…
The Long Grass
I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up…
Chapter One, “Chan and Lee, Holmes and Watson,” of my fourth Lt. David Chan mystery, The Housing Market Murders, is now available on the Kindle Vella Platform.
Heavy Sleeper
“I’ve had to talk to you about this too many times, David,” she said. “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.” Mrs.…
Hit
This time he wrote the song about the break-up of his first marriage. The funny thing is, that was the…
Front
It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she…
Disillusion
After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a…
Lanning Lee 