The Closest Shave Episodes 1 – 6
A Good Listener
I could smell it on him the moment he entered the room. Even more than usual. My eyes began to water. You’d…
A Quick Trip Home
My dad used to have them outside his den. I remember sneaking down there in the dead of night to…
No Ghosts Go Naked
If you ever see a naked ghostplease know you’re being had.No one has ever seen a genuine naked ghost.This is…
The Pattern and Order of Life and Water (for LY)
Wherever there’s waterthree atoms have formed a molecule of H2O,and on that molecular level this bondis the orderly arrangement of…
The Rice Eaters (for GB)
They sit bent over a creaking teak table top,this old pair aged out in days, near the limit,eating simple fare…
Looking As If She Were Alive (for Robert Browning)
The last meaning what? This guy.I’ve read enough stories, seen enough movies and TV showsto know that there’s always the…
Our Father
Arthur, our dad, told us all about who knew what and who to know. He was a big wheel in…
InSignificance
On the board it says in gigantic letters:Save — Do Not Erase!double underlined, a mathematical equationsurrounded by a huge protective square,so…
Solitaire
Two months since I left Wisconsin, packed up and moved home to Hawai‘i. The phone rings, and it’s her. I…
Traveler’s Mileage Rewards
You regret it now, the random encounter you had while on vacation, when your genitals burn you awake in the…
Hit and Run (the Mouth)
I spot her in my passenger sideview mirror. I’m stopped, waiting for a car and a pedestrian to clear. I…
A Blue Christmas Is Certain
No amount of snow – and they have lots of it – can possibly hide every single blue thing in…
An Unsuitable Way for You To End It With Me
I’ve been dumped many times, and one thing I’ll sayis that every time it happens it’s so awfully cliché.I hate…
Driver-less Cars
I sit behind you at the stoplight, and I know you. The light turns green, but your head bows toward…
Seeing Things
“There there there!” says Eddie, pointing through the crack in the curtain. “See what I mean?” I still don’t see…
The Right Question
So I was walking right behind this guy, following him into Longs. Bam. He went directly to the nearest cashier,…
Episode #4 of my third Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery is now available
Do Us Part
June, they say, is for weddings, and lovers often schedule their exchange of vows accordingly. Some couples may not know…
Something Blue
She brought such joy under each moon, the air quiver of a cricket’s sharp chirp tingling, a pierce of air…
Lanning Lee 