Part 1 “So what da buggah said?” Rudy the barber asks me. “Some bullshit about Denise and Chris.” I’m waiting for a haircut. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Christopher Andaya enter. He’s dark, looks real Hawaiian. “Chris, whas’up?” Suddenly he pulls a knife, comes at me. I grab my gun and…

Wishing Well Part 1 When you wish for something hard enough, you just might get it. Then comes the part about how hard you thought about what happens next, as in being careful what you wish for. Jiminy Cricket says nothing about which star you should wish upon, nor about possible evil consequences of choosing…

“For your service to our country,” I might have said in response to the, “Thanks for the ride,” he did not say. I find a sort of wide spot in the road to park and spend another sleepless night. I’m close enough to the highway that I can anticipate cars coming from either direction by…

Happy Year of the Pig. On this day, we will move to launch the final chapter of our stories for the Year of the Dog. Feel free to add on to any one of the following choices. There are three choices. Don’t forget to include the preceding parts of the story when you post your…

Kaloa Pau Cold morning Fisherman shuffles to the calendar on the wall, Squinting at the tiny print. Oh, Kaloa Pau moon, fishing supposed to be “excellent”. We’ll see about dat… He shuffles away, shaking his head. Cold morning, “double jacket” kine cold. Fisherman steps out to gaze at the sky. Pre-dawn beasts clutter the black…

You whisper dawn again and I think damn, you’re going to go. You rise and I can’t catch my breath for you speaking your soft night’s end song. Some is little lost by you with your goodbye, my whole self aching that I can’t go with you to listen to you shape the air, craft…

Part 1 When you wish for something hard enough, you just might get it. Then comes the part about how hard you thought about what happens next, as in being careful what you wish for. Jiminy Cricket says nothing about which star you should wish upon, nor about possible evil consequences of choosing poorly. How…

“Get his/her act together,” a statement containing the seeds of its own refutation and rebuttal. Or seed: the word “act”. What seems to give the statement credibility is the assumed notion that we are all playing roles we are presumed to shape and that some of us are more skillful shapers. At this point, I…

Happy New Year! Remember that this month’s entry will be second to last. Next month we are done with phase one. Feel free to add on to any one of the following choices. There are three choices. Don’t forget to include the preceding parts of the story when you post your addition. This time you…

I heard a car pull up and stop behind me. Looking back, I watched a woman emerge slowly from the driver’s side door. Coming around to the curbside, she slid her hand along the car’s body, looking as if she were feeling her way. When she made it all the way around the passenger side…