The Bones of “Closing Costs” It was just a joke really. A fantasy quietly twisting in Kailen’s mind. Since I mentioned Saunders last week, I’m skipping ahead to another story inspired by him. “Closing Costs” centers around Kailen’s frustrations with being priced out of Hawaiʻi. Needing “release,” he and his partner Lindsey crash open houses…
In this week’s The Bones of Blood Work, Donald Carreira Ching revisits “Kāneʻohe Town”—the shortest piece in the collection, and one of its most essential. Written as a sensory exercise, this prose-poem re-centers the reader in both place and theme. Donald reflects on its origins and offers us a creative prompt inspired by its approach….
Lanning Lee discusses ten random ideas about writing.