Band leader of Aloha Shorts house band, Hamajang.

Reading "Talking to the Dead" by Sylvia A. Watanabe.

Reading Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s "Aunty Chong Sum’s Comfession."

Reading Nora Okja Keller’s "Ghost Stories."

Reading Darlene M. Javar’s "Knock Four Times if the Phone Rings Once."

Reading Darrell H.Y. Lum’s "Toads."

Reading Joe Tsujimoto’s "Trick or Treat."

Our celebrity judges for the costume contest with prizes, inspired by Darrell Lum’s story "Toads."