The Whys of Old Age (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part 35)

Chan asked Detectives Kalākaua and Fernandez, the first to arrive, to process the scene. The Honolulu Fire Department was hosing down…

How Me Invent Prayer

Some others try take credit for this, so me want set record straight. My name Grog. Me invent prayer. One day me in…

The first vessel, the Doo Sei Nam, was enormous, a good 250 feet. It looked more suited for the Korean Navy…

He tired of writing poems aboutmorning, old age, and birds,telling buds, planets, fate, and war,how everyone knows meadows and hate…

In his mind, Chan had just knocked Yu down on the floor and was kicking his teeth in. “David?” Yamamoto brought…

I think about how I heard you rant at death for so long,then near the end ask for it to…

Chan gave his godfather a hard look. He was about to say something, but decided not to. Apana and AhYou sauntered off.…

I really can’t remember a greatest fear growing up. Maybegoing to the dentist. That all changed with the movie Jaws. I used…

An hour later, Chan’s phone rang. Chan picked up. “Victor,” he called to his partner, “it’s Titchner.” “Lieutenant Chan, I, we…

Passing, I looked inside, saw that family, remembered,their stony group staring at those white china plates,no one speaking a word,…

Yamamoto was more curious than alarmed to find out that Chan had narrowly missed becoming an ex-partner. Fingering the bandage…

“We are considered by your country to be a third-world country. They say we are 100 years behind you. Do you think…

Sitting in his car sweating, Chan pondered the game. Was his head truly back in the game? And what was that game…

I often hear it pierce through everythingthat bouncing glitter of your voiceagainst the pane of slumping glasssee the black clouds…

Yamamoto was on the phone when Chan came back to his desk. Just as he sat, his partner hung up the…

I’m headed for St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, as they call it in Gaelic. I…

Island Heritage Insurance was not a huge company. There were seven agents housed in a two-story building on Fort Street. After…

He was almost to the hospital lobby when the blackout happened. Fortunately, as does nearly every hospital, Queen’s has a back-up…

“David.” Yamamoto pulled Chan out of his marriage license mind wandering. “Take a look at this.” Yamamoto laid a sheet of paper…

My father was drafted into active service in the U.S. Army on February 24, 1941. Exactly one year later, on…