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

would there and then the vast emptyacross the horizon your hand for mepass all yourself to here, your walkand stopto … More

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

I need to buy tennis balls, I thought, go upand say it’s a gift, because, you know, sir,I’ve heard they … More

Drinking alcohol was so easy now. It seemed like only yesterday, on a dull Friday or Saturday night, we’d be … More

I understand that scholars on the subject now generally can neither agree nor disagree whether Martin Luther, ordered to recant … More

One October when I was living in Madison, I agreed to housesit for some friends who were headed out of … More

When the call from Shanghai came, Chan’s adrenaline rush quickly died. “There was no tall woman in a mu‘umu‘u on … More

Last night I dreamed I danced on my Norwegian side.I’m ashamed to say, I’ve no idea what authentic Norwegian dance … More

On the way to the Moana, Stillman filled Chan in on the young woman found on the beach. She’d been raped … More

I sliced the back of my neck the other day.Not huge, but not small either. Lots of blood.I was pissed. … More

Late that evening, nothing else breaking, David Chan staggered home to get food and a few hours of sleep. It turned … More

I stand at my stove, arms against the dark glass surface, watching the water in a pot.I’m waiting for a … More

Some others try take credit for this, so me want set record straight. My name Grog. Me invent prayer. One day me in … More

An hour later, Chan’s phone rang. Chan picked up. “Victor,” he called to his partner, “it’s Titchner.” “Lieutenant Chan, I, we … More

I’m headed for St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, as they call it in Gaelic. I … More

I can still picture the pair of fuzzy dice swingingfrom my little orange Karmann Ghia’s rearview mirror.I never knew whether to … More

Yu’s face broke into an enormous smile, his laugh seemed genuine. That mask, so practiced was this man in appearing devoid … More

I think there was air, but I had trouble finding it,between talking with you and passing out, I madeshort exploratory … More