It’s Wednesday, it’s raining, and the dog needs to go out.

Billie – I’ll call her Billie – sings her soft blues now,not a bark or a howl, but a throaty, … More

The Beast

Rolling down his window, “Beware,” he said. “There is some beast in there. These old houses. It’s easy for them … More

The trip down is always tricky in the dark. Have you ever had something to do, some minor task, that you … More

The icy wind swirled and cut at them like a knife that could slice a tomato paper-thin. Stars shown above as … More

She wanted a big-screen TV mounted on the wall opposite her bed.“I’m going to watch my soaps,” she said, “and … More

The day— it was night the last time he knew – had gone well. The same routine since he’d retired. … More

He’d heard that phrase all his life, but never thought much about what it might mean. Maybe he might’ve been … More

When he came to, he was in the dark. Calling out and receiving no response, he figured he was there … More

My sister snaps the picture. She’s not a professional photographer, I muse. And she’s using my iPhone. What this occasion … More

pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More

This is the kind of thing we did. Routine kinda stuff. Safe. Usually. I was working a suspicious spouse case myself. Guys cheat on … More

Chan had a witness. It looked to the witness like the victim had been swimming and a woman had saved him … More

I explained to Chan how Eugene Kanai called a few hours ago, said he wanted to tell me something he … More

Well, at least Kama had avoided dealing with cops for the rest of his life. I was the one who lived, … More

I came this close. That “in the very next breath” thing. It took all he had to gesture, get me on my … More

I started running when I moved back to Honolulu. Running in Madison was difficult for me because it was always either … More

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi. If there were someone living near you who had … More

My neighbor has an elephant dressed like Santa up on his roof. Every night when it gets dark, he plugs it … More

After I finished writing up this Case of the Curious Car Accidents, I wasn’t sure what to do. I liked … More

“But why steal from old people the cars you use for the other old people to hit?” “Well, boss, maybe … More