my tongue bitten to bloody point,harder and harder, I feel it now, and justa little bit harder now, yes, there,…
The Big Knife
At my house, growing up, we had the Big Knife. I don’t know if it was the same at your…
Tapping the Well
I’ve been in the graphic design game for many years. My successes, when they’ve occurred, have been noteworthy. Ten years…
Mind Your Frickin Manners
Lots of times you don’t know if it’s a joke with Dave or not. If you survey all us folks…
Remember this one?
It’s us sitting on a seawall.Maybe somewhere near Waikīkī.I don’t know.Great photo though.We’re both looking down and toward each other.We’re…
On the Safe Side
We’d been advised by the agency, in our travel instruction packet, not to go outside our hotel after sundown. In…
Snowfall
Remember how the flakes of snow fell that day,catch on your tongue slow, fluttering like moths,like feathers, gentle rocking motion,…
All I Had To Do
I have been dreaming myself into stories again. These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take,…
High Stakes
Ed had been in a bad auto accident. More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near…
I think I know who’s up there
I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand…
Goes Without Saying
Glenda: So quiet tonight, yeah, dear. Herb: All that screaming today. All the noise pau. Glenda: This neighborhood used to…
My Last Stand-Up Gig
My mom had a pretty good sense of humor. One time she bought a book of elephant jokes, and she…
An Aloha Shirt
Retirement had been half, half good so far. The bad side was that he still had never established a routine…
The Cryptid Tale
Dr. Choo of the Zoology Department at Hawai‘i University has made it his life’s work to investigate sightings and stories…
The Sharpest Knife
Never mind the bloody footprint track his right boot made for the first few steps. Nobody is 100% perfect. But truly,…
No Survivors
I’m guessing someone’s died out here tonight. He’d been brought up in the Lutheran Church, his Grandmother and then his…
The Laundry Line
There is nowhere else to go, all the doors and windows are locked, so I sit here on the stairs,…
The Wrong Time
She tried to be friendly to the customers most of the time. “I’m sorry, John, I didn’t quite catch your last…
The Last Unopened Letter
I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent…
Again with Hermione and Maurice
Please, love, please let’s not argue all night long about this silly little thing. I agree, yes indeed, we should…
Lanning Lee 