This is the kind of thing we did. Routine kinda stuff. Safe. Usually. I was working a suspicious spouse case myself. Guys cheat on…
What’re the Chances? (160 words)
Chan had a witness. It looked to the witness like the victim had been swimming and a woman had saved him…
Wha-da-ya Know? (140 words)
I explained to Chan how Eugene Kanai called a few hours ago, said he wanted to tell me something he…
It’s Who You Know (120 words)
Well, at least Kama had avoided dealing with cops for the rest of his life. I was the one who lived,…
Try To Get Out (110 words)
When HPD showed, I wasn’t surprised that Lieutenant David Chan, my old brother-in-arms, walked in. Me and him and Kama’d all…
It’s All Downhill
I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i. I shiver,…
High School Buddy (100 words)
Eugene Kanai, my old high-school classmate, had wanted to stop by the office to talk. It’d been twenty-five years since we’d…
No Clue (90 words)
I came this close. That “in the very next breath” thing. It took all he had to gesture, get me on my…
Carousel of Time
The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from…
Books as old friends
I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my…
The Case of the Strong Swimmer, Chapter 2, Is It Me? (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery)
With David vouching for me, I was released into his custody. After I’d told him everything, he said, “Lanning, did anyone…
All Hallows’ Eve
I started running when I moved back to Honolulu. Running in Madison was difficult for me because it was always either…
if her
would there and then the vast emptyacross the horizon your hand for mepass all yourself to here, your walkand stopto…
Miss Bianca
“Let’s go to Auntie Ruthie’s house.” “By bus?” “No, let’s walk.” “Walk! But it’s so far.” “No it’s not far.” “Yes…
I know about first love
I’ve been there and I can tell youexactly what it’s like. For sure youhoped she’d be someone special, the one, andwow…
Prune Mui
When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi. If there were someone living near you who had…
Elephant Santa
My neighbor has an elephant dressed like Santa up on his roof. Every night when it gets dark, he plugs it…
Cold Comfort
He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip…
Turtle Logic
It was the coldest winter on record in Wisconsin. David was glad to be back home in Hawai‘i for winter break. Grad…
The Case of the Strong Swimmer, Chapter One (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery)
It was winter break, which is a funny term for it here in Hawai‘i. I’d answered an ad in the Hawai‘i Star. A…
