My mom had a pretty good sense of humor. One time she bought a book of elephant jokes, and she … More
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The Last Unopened Letter
I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent … More
Midwest Aloha
I lay there looking up at what seemed like a bunch of wood and metal. I could feel things digging … 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
Strong Women
She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More
maybe try saying this
so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More
Trying To Figure
Lieutenant Chan had asked me to come down to the station so we could talk further about my housesitting for … More
What About Kama? (300 words)
Mrs. Soto’s dry eyes didn’t surprise me. A husband who cheats doesn’t deserve tears. If I’d ever been married and my wife … More
The Body ID’d (200 words)
I gotta say, having looked at a thousand and one or more of these kinds of photos, that the guy … 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
if her
would there and then the vast emptyacross the horizon your hand for mepass all yourself to here, your walkand stopto … More
The Case of the Strong Swimmer, Chapter One (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery)
It was winter break, which is a funny term for it here in Hawai‘i. I’d answered an ad in the Hawai‘i Star. A … More
The Walker
I need to buy tennis balls, I thought, go upand say it’s a gift, because, you know, sir,I’ve heard they … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 18, Like Heads Through the Hourglass
Drinking alcohol was so easy now. It seemed like only yesterday, on a dull Friday or Saturday night, we’d be … 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
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 6, Like Riding a Bike
One October when I was living in Madison, I agreed to housesit for some friends who were headed out of … More
A Father’s Love (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 22)
When the call from Shanghai came, Chan’s adrenaline rush quickly died. “There was no tall woman in a mu‘umu‘u on … More
The Norway Dance
Last night I dreamed I danced on my Norwegian side.I’m ashamed to say, I’ve no idea what authentic Norwegian dance … More
Shooting Pool (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 15)
On the way to the Moana, Stillman filled Chan in on the young woman found on the beach. She’d been raped … More