He jumps in his car and drives,from the Oakland docks, remember?and drives fastO, Death, Ralph Stanley,running round on a loop, … More
Tag: #Death
The Bibliophile (100 words)
“I love books,” he says, standing next to one of the massive shelving units in his study, his shoulders rounded … More
Compassionate Care
Life had not gone the way he’d hoped since his retirement from teaching. Instead of traveling the world, renovating his … More
Waiting
He thought, They’re waiting for me right now. In days gone by he used to believe this, but it was … More
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 … More
The Sharpest Knife
Never mind the bloody footprint track his right boot made for the first few steps. Nobody is 100% perfect. But … More
A Morning Ritual
She watched him every morning, very closely, waiting for something. He would sit slumped in his seat at the table. … More
Assisting the Spirit
Mrs. Cho’s gift was guiding spirits to the afterlife. People who knew about her ability – and this was all … More
The Swimming Lesson
When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi … More
To Save a Life
Kwan woke to a neighbor’s rooster’s crow. It was a welcome new sound these days, for her. Other neighbors hated, she knew, … More
To Move On
All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome … More
Tintinnabulation (400 words)
“I’m sorry,” David said, patting me on the shoulder. “Hey, we were old news,” I said. “Kama won Amelia fair and … More
The moment
when sorrow impossibly palesloss of what made sense and words lostcome untethered time and rhymeunreasoned rants in late day hazespeech … More
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, … More
Prune Mui
When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi. If there were someone living near you who had … More
Elephant Santa
My neighbor has an elephant dressed like Santa up on his roof. Every night when it gets dark, he plugs it … More
No Fall at Kōke‘e
It was that booming sound of rage, so thrillingto witness the angry sloshup of hydrologic forces,brimming froth and foam and … More
Old Dance Record
This is the way it should be for everyone who passesswing us back, some yearning mote of feather dust floatsin … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 12, Fear and Loathing
I understand that scholars on the subject now generally can neither agree nor disagree whether Martin Luther, ordered to recant … More
The Wrong Place (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 12)
Recovering himself, Chan said. “We found heroin in Cal’s locker at Siu Lum Pai. He stole it from one of the Mexicans … More