By day the slow clenching, by night

my tongue bitten to bloody point,harder and harder, I feel it now, and justa little bit harder now, yes, there, … More

All I Had To Do

I have been dreaming myself into stories again. These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take, … More

Never mind the bloody footprint track his right boot made for the first few steps. Nobody is 100% perfect. But truly, … More

So you’re sitting in a room with a blank piece of paper or a blank screen in front of you. … More

In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More

“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it. Mr. Watanabe looked at it. Then at the other colors. All … More

When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday … More

We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four, so far survived school, work, bad … More

“What’s he done? Lady, that is what David Chan will get out of the guy who just plugged your hubby. Either he … More

I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More

I went back to my office. Some woman was waiting. I was anxious to get to the bottom of Kama and Eugene’s … More

Chan had a witness. It looked to the witness like the victim had been swimming and a woman had saved him … More

The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi. If there were someone living near you who had … More

It was that booming sound of rage, so thrillingto witness the angry sloshup of hydrologic forces,brimming froth and foam and … More

Never start a piece of writing offering your reader advice. What you will find, I have reason to believe, is that … More

When I would hear my friends talk about what their children were going through to get their driver licenses, I … More

My parents never held back when it came to providing us with a variety of cultural experiences. One of these was … More

The Terrible Twos? Hell. Shouldn’t this be Chapter 2 then, not Chapter 3? Curses. I’ll have to hammer that out come the final edit. … More

The second thing I remember is my 4th birthday party,five red wax candles burning on a pink cake, the extra one … More