Dear Chris,

Thank you for your note letting me know you’d received the notice I sent. It’s been a long time since we … More

The Honesty Policy

Albert could hear him stop on the other side of the door. He sounded like an asthmatic, as if the exertion … More

1. Death Wish Rendered unconscious by a fall in the bathtub, a president of Russia drowned. * * * 2. … More

Alice was down on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor when the doorbell rang. The kitchen floor always took a … More

The clock above his computer was a big one. Its tick, tick, tick could be ignored some nights, but not … More

I left you there for just a moment, at the forest’s edge, before we began our journey. When I returned … More

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

“Put ‘er there, pal,” he says, sounding as though he’s stepped out of an O. Henry story. I put my … More

From the time he began college, he kept every single book he bought for every course he took. His library … More

People wonder how I became a professor. It matters little to them that I’ve published a dozen important books and … More

Ala Moana Shopping Center is anchored, much like Sears and Liberty House used to do, replaced now by Nordstrom and … More

If you hadn’t heard, I’m sure you could guess that living in Hawai’i is expensive. Many people have two jobs, some … More

Chris is meeting this grandmother and grandfather, Al and Sarah, for the first time. This is also the first time he’s … More

“Sir? Excuse me?” Ronald Ito turns around, sees it’s an older security guard. Close cropped silver hair, the kind of … More

You know your romance has gone awry when toys fail. I’m not talking about batteries. I mean when suggest a … More

We’re in our late 60s now. We’ve been getting together to watch the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow football games for … More

Sometimes he wished life were a movie. But not just any movie. From the first time he fell in love … More

“It’s right there,” he said, pointing to the small break in the tree line, hard to tell from this far … More

Here’s my rough draft for today, Saturday 01.22.22. I eat fast food maybe four times a year. When I do, Burger … More

He comes in out of the rain, slides off his lion’s head, grabs a beer, and leans back against the … More