Nailed 2022

Naturally, they thought she was helpless and stupid because she was a woman wandering the aisles of the hardware superstore.

Lepo'ula 2022

Rust-colored dirt beneath my feet interspersed with flakey salt deposits.

Keahinui 2022

 KONA

All the money ran out.

Coffee 2022

Every morning, she'd sit there with a hot cup of coffee she would never drink, a breakfast she would only half finish, and a magazine she'd stare at without reading.

New Punk 2022

 The little cracked seed store in Ala Moana was never for a moment dull.

Grant Society Case File#1338-02 2022

What did I learn from my weekend at the seminary?

Kūkulu 2022

Men who work paving roads, filling in potholes, and other such labor have told me that they hate working late at night in the rural areas of ʻOʻahu. The vibe gets really creepy, really fast.

Manawa iki 2022

 It was humid, and I was rushing to get to my car, turn the a/c on and just sit there for a couple of minutes before heading to the drive-thru.

Trouble 2022

One never expects trouble even though trouble could be lurking about, waiting for an opportunity to make itself known and presentable when you least expect it.

Desmond 2022

It wasn't magic; it was love.

You 2022

 I couldn't drive anymore.

1977 2022

There weren't too many places in Waipahu to park late at night and enjoy a dinner plate from Graces Inn with a jumbo-sized drink to wash down your mixed plate of shoyu chicken, Terri-beef, cone sushi, fried noodles, and corned beef hash.

Waiʻolu 2022

We weren't always haunted, as they say.

Again 2022

1

Because of my uncle Thomas, my parents could buy the family station wagon at a good price.

Iwakaluakumaha 2022

On the 24th, Barry Kalaluhi waited in the small church in the warehouse district in Kalihi.

Kalina 2022

Empty space without even a residual echo of all the glory, life, heartache, and sadness imprinted into the very fibers of the floor, the twisted mesh of the screened windows, and the sturdy wooden pillars and beams.

Uncertain 2022

 She was the strongest person we knew; she held the ʻohana together after our father passed away.

Homeful 2022

Having these last few beers on the most beautiful day I've seen in a while was not easy.

Paʻakai 2022

My old neighbor was a Hawaiian mother who advocated using natural salt from the sea, for blessings, to salt meat, and for regular table salt.

Free Me 2022

 ...continued from yesterday

Between us were the kitchen counter and the rack of knives.

Free More 2022

...continued from yesterday 

I had no choice but to return home. 

Free Again 2022

 ...continued from yesterday

2

Admittedly, it shook the core of everything I thought I was up until I met Merla in her dog and human incarnation.

Free 2022

1

There's something to be said about how the Las Vegas machine has everything big, bright, and in your face.

Maha'oi 2022

“I don’t even know if get fish in Manoa falls; I was the only one here this morning right at sunrise.

Five 2022

Can animals become ghosts or spirits after their body no longer lives?

Four 2022

 We encounter spirits all the time, not like how we see them in the movies but in real life.

Three 2022

One does not have to be alone to have an otherworldly experience.

Two 2022

 This is a haunted doll story, and it goes like this.

One 2022

 The first time I saw a spirit, I became immediately nauseous after the experience.

Six 2022

I lurk around old memories, old feelings, and the nostalgia of peaking during high school and never being able to live beyond it.

#106 2022

 My life is like swimming in the shallow end of a pool, where I was too afraid to venture anywhere profound because I’d gotten used to the life that I was told I was supposed to have.