Someone had jammed a white-hot poker in him. He came to with the pain. The first thing he saw was a woman’s … More
Tag: #WriterFriday
Chapter 8: Hell To Pay
By the time Captain Kauhane and Sergeant Kelso made it out to the gate area, Sergeant Kalahiki, covered in blood, … More
Daily Affirmations
Daily Affirmations Mantra (May be chanted aloud or recited silently) Take a deep breath and exhale slowly Begin All weeds … More
The Time of Hearts
It all changes slowly, the way we’re perceivedAs we do become more than we first meant I hear now before I … More
Unlikeness
Pick up the white sheetA song composed upon itHold it up to eye levelThe paper’s edge facing youA threat to … More
Luck
He tells us how lucky he’s been,how he’s dodged a lot of bulletsin his life, some just barely,but they missed … More
Games
Most days you could solve the Spelling Beejust by looking at the 7-letter honeycomb pattern.Those pangrams were child’s play,and finding … More
Confrontation (Part Seven)
Friday morning, Chris sat with Andrew and Allen on the library stairs. Chris thought about Denise, pictured a shimmering, translucent … More
Confrontation (Part One)
Chris Andaya had a stare so cold it might freeze fire. It wasn’t something he put on; it was natural. … More
To Autumn
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
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
Lanning Lee 