Love might break in at Indian Summer,a mid-autumn drying then, and quick,remember Madison on fire,the multi-bright colored leaves,votive candles, how … More
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Chapter 27: Still More About Bobby Stillman
“Bobby, let’s go,” said Chan, moving toward the door. Stillman hung up the phone abruptly. “Oh, where to, boss?” “I’ll … More
Chapter 21: About Bobby Stillman
Captain Delbert Kauhane, Chief of Detectives, called a meeting for three-fourths of the Hawai‘i Four-9 task force. He’d not invited … More
Chapter 15: One Loose End
“Sung,” said Byung Yu, “that kink in my supply chain, I’ve not been able to handle it from over here. … More
“You Are Beautiful”
More than 60 years removed now, so long ago,you are mostly ghosts now, but you were thengood news, big headlines … More
My Last Wife
It was gold and bigger than a bread box,my birthday gift topped with a red velvet bow,and I was amused … More
your letters
these lettersyour hand writesyour handwriting is all curious curlicuesas if a right-handed calligrapherwrites them with his left footas if a … More
The End of an Era
Byung Yu picked up the receiver. “Yeoboseyo?” “It’s done,” came the voice from the other end. Expecting it to be his … More
Glasses, November 24, 2021
We didn’t pass, I thought, when I was what, getting new glasses,so I didn’t see you, pretty sure, out the … More
Let’s Kill Lieutenant Chan
Everything she said could have, should have, bothered him, if he were normal. But it didn’t because he wasn’t normal at … More
The Odor
For as far back as I can recall in my childhood, I collected baseball cards. There was a period when … More
Not That Hungry
Chris had no idea his father knew something about formal Filipino weddings. His father had warned him that not all … More
It’s Late
Back in the day, when he figured he’d never be one of the victims, he’d duck into Safeway, 7-Eleven, or … More
The Long Grass
I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up … More
Normal
If you lived an eternity in each moment, he wondered,why wouldn’t that mean you’d only ever live for a single … More
Old
She remembered that day, that one so long agoit seemed it was a dream, and that fond embraceso hard it … More
Recognition
Dreaming, he recollected the building as his old high school.Floating on air, he was transported into a classroom there.On the … More
Let Us Play
My heart movingBy and with youSomeone to play withA joy to say withLet’s playAgain and againLove’s replayLet us play Up … More
Address Book
Tonight I’m looking through Mom’s old address book, pages worn and browned,some so brittle the dog-eared corners disintegrate as I … More
Passing On
About a year before it happened, when we were talking about his memoir,he told me he was “feeling a little … More
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