The Bones of “Who You Know” Junior knew what he’d have to do ever since Kā‘eo had pulled a pistol on him. Some characters stay with you long after you…
Her shift had ended at 12:30, her co-workers tired and gone, but she liked to sit and smoke with the strays that lived in the bushes behind the drive-thru. During…
The Bones of “Vigilant Acts” Every time the gun kicked back, she felt electric. “Vigilant Acts” was inspired by several hit-and-runs in Kāneʻohe and those memorials that you see on…
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…
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,…
Reflections and notes on “Search the Waters,” the first story from Blood Work and Other Stories, the debut short story collection
by Donald A. Carreira Ching.