Glenda: So quiet tonight, yeah, dear. Herb: All that screaming today. All the noise pau. Glenda: This neighborhood used to … More
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The Wrong Time
She tried to be friendly to the customers most of the time. “I’m sorry, John, I didn’t quite catch your … More
Checkout
They entered West Towne Mall and Mrs. Goodman gave great thanks for the warmth. It was officially the coldest winter … More
The Swimming Lesson
When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi … More
Closing Time at the Kaka‘ako Café
Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More
2019 in Wuhan
This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More
Mānoa Driving Lessons
Friday nights we smoke dopedrink Strawberry Hilland I give Steve driving lessons Every time we pass by her houseSteve stops … More
Everything I gave you
I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long … More
Old Flames Die (350 words)
I had a feeling I was not talking to the most public-minded citizen, but I tried that tack first. “Instead … More
Dissolve
dance of souls swayhot ear to warm cheekbaffled sound of heartsrunning throughso small the body spacerclosing of emptiness betweenflesh and … More
Try To Get Out (110 words)
When HPD showed, I wasn’t surprised that Lieutenant David Chan, my old brother-in-arms, walked in. Me and him and Kama’d all … More
All Hallows’ Eve
I started running when I moved back to Honolulu. Running in Madison was difficult for me because it was always either … More
Turtle Logic
It was the coldest winter on record in Wisconsin. David was glad to be back home in Hawai‘i for winter break. Grad … More
Old Dance Record
This is the way it should be for everyone who passesswing us back, some yearning mote of feather dust floatsin … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 19, Ah yes, I remember it well
The line was incredibly long. We stood in the dark, many of us smoking because none of us knew about secondhand … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 7, The Good Old Summertime
If I’d been the right age to have experienced those long summer breaks of my childhood, where I’d have two-and-a-half … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 1, I Am Born
In the immortal words of Henry Frankenstein: “It’s alive. In the name of God now I know it seems like … More
The Missing Men (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 19)
“That bastard is playing pool next door,” said Chan to the other three 49ers. “This is what we need to do.” … More
The Wrong Place (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 12)
Recovering himself, Chan said. “We found heroin in Cal’s locker at Siu Lum Pai. He stole it from one of the Mexicans … More
Time: Lesson 6 (Picture It)
It’s a storm brewing a good distance away, hit or pass me questions,perfectness of June moons, the chaos of a … More