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…

I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent…

Please, love, please let’s not argue all night long about this silly little thing. I agree, yes indeed, we should…

What are the three things you’re looking for most in a partner? Hmmm . . . Well, I want to start…

So you’re sitting in a room with a blank piece of paper or a blank screen in front of you.…

She watched him every morning, very closely, waiting for something. He would sit slumped in his seat at the table. …

I am knocking at a polite volume and friendly speed on my neighbor’s door. This is the one in the apartment…

They entered West Towne Mall and Mrs. Goodman gave great thanks for the warmth. It was officially the coldest winter on…

I lay there looking up at what seemed like a bunch of wood and metal. I could feel things digging into…

He watched the Buddhist monks practice their archery at Kapiolani Park. They would draw back the bowstring, close their eyes,…

“So what do you think it looks like?” she asks. We’re head to head, lying on the grass, staring up…

In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town…

Mrs. Cho’s gift was guiding spirits to the afterlife. People who knew about her ability – and this was all…

I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to…

When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi…

Kwan woke to her neighbor’s rooster crowing. It was a welcome new sound these days for her. Other neighbors hated, she knew,…

The phone rang, distracting her. She was thinking about her husband, Harry. She looked over at the clock: 9:45. He was coming home later…

Hey! What are you looking at? Are you looking at me? Well, it sure seems like it. Not that I’m the only one here,…

“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it. Mr. Watanabe looked at it. Then at the other colors. All…