The two finished their drinks without solving the case. They said their goodnights to Rick Tamanaha and the rest of…
Release
In the end, unwound and desperate, the cold head of the match gone dead, you are being drowned in darkness.…
The House of Missing Keys, Part 17
David Chan always sat in the back of the classroom. This wasn’t an indication of his lack of interest in his…
What Dreams May Come
A dream you dreamt. It’s the one that surprises you at noon the following day. Eating your sandwich or washing…
The House of Missing Keys, Part 16
Here’s my rough draft for today, Monday 05.30.22. The House of Missing Keys, Part 16. Chan watched Mrs. Souza cry…
Memento Mori
He realized relatively young in life that he would die. That knowledge comes to each of us at a different…
The House of Missing Keys, Part 15
Recovering her composure, the woman opened the door and invited the two inside. After the three were seated, Chan began…
Let’s Learn
On the bus we’re headed through the desert for the Red Sea,crossing a staggering, desolate landscape.The heat outside withers you…
Holding On
Our group, struck by the sight of a medusa tree riding astride its monstrous barrow mounded base, myriad tentacle fingers…
Cliché, Not a Cliché?
I don’t think I’ve ever said to someone that something I’ve heard has been refreshing.I’m not sure I know what…
The House of Missing Keys, Part 14
As Chan and Yamamoto waited for the coroner, Hank Lee, to arrive, they sat on the sofa across the coffee…
Only Ifs
One moment I’m lying on the ground staring at the sky,writhing in pain because I’ve broken my ankle, desperate,air harder…
labor under old love’s illusion
unblinking at a new moonmoving thin skin outlinesilver sliver shimmering roundperfect, the odd center of it allmilky, muddled, blotchy, shadowedtaken all…
Episode #3 of The Closest Shave is now available on Kindle Vella
Episode #2 of my third Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
The House of Missing Keys, Part 13
David Chan had been a very happy only child. More than five years into that blissful solo childhood, however, his…
Saturday Night
We hear it, the neighbors screaming at each other,the shrieks bending the air through the neighborhood,two drunken enemies meeting on…
Better Luck
Steel, maybe, lots of steel. Perhaps concrete by the boat-loads. Wood, really, I would rather not use. Impermanence has proved…
Good Talk
Why curse? Would you pluck out your tongue,hang it on the wall as a hook for your black umbrella, onebattered…
The House of Missing Keys, Part 12
The next morning on the drive over to Kailua, Chan told his partner what had transpired the night before in…
Getting To Know You
We held a first party yesterday, those of us who could finally attend.After all this time being apart so much,…
Lanning Lee 