The brothers from the novel PUNAHOU BLUES resurface in this rite of passage set in the red-light district of Honolulu.Also resurfacing is Arlene from the novel MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA.Take a trip to the seedy side of Hawaii's Capitol City, a side tourists rarely see.

The two brothers from the novels MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA and PUNAHOU BLUES resurface in this hunting episode set on the east end of Moloka'i island.Ben and Jeff are camped above Brownie's Gulch when Ben fires across Kainalu Valley at a buck.Jeff is about to discover the underpinnings of his brother's relationship with their grandmother.

A father is challenged in an escape game by his oldest son and loses in front of the family.Instead of celebrating his son, he interprets the victory as a challenge to his authority and seeks retribution.

A four-year-old learns lessons of life and death on his grandmother's remote island ranch.

Julia Daniels, a Moloka'i pioneer woman of mixed blood, invites her grandsons Jeff and Ben to spend summers with her at her ranch on the east end. She shares the ranch with Chipper, an alcoholic war hero with a life estate bordering the swamp. The brothers roam a paradise of fishponds, waterfalls, pristine valleys, and mountains with herds of deer. Jeff meets the Kahuna Woman who freezes pictures of her enemies, the TS who seduces the Chief of Police, the man who refs cock fights in Kaunak...

The boys have just been suspended from Punahou School and await their fate on the living room couch.What should be just another routine 'spanking' ends up as a runaway adventure to the south shore of Oahu, where the second son tries to sort out his differences with his controlling father and narcissistic mother.He knows he can't stay away because he is the shield between his kid sister and parents, the immovable object that keeps her sane.

Travel with Gonzo poet and flash writer KIRBY WRIGHT as he negotiates the terrain from Helsinki to the Finnish Archipelago to Stockholm, writing verse along the way. This book captures both the cityscapes of Finland and Sweden as well as the countryside of remote Aland Island, providing the reader glimpses of Scandinavia rarely seen by the average tourist. Some of the work takes on fantastical Kafkaesque dimensions and there are dealings with sensual ghosts in saunas and spirits wh...

Father takes off for Colorado to help get his 17-year-old son situated at CU in Boulder. The experience is agony for the son because he must deal with his father's stewing hatred of him. The interior world of father and son are explored along with the dimensions of their dysfunctional family, including a sister hearing voices and an older brother raging with sibling rivalry.

Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga are dead. So is the President. Psytrance parties rage as Palm Springs burns. Police and fire departments are gone. Martial law is imposed to deal with the riots but the military is overwhelmed when Mexicans storm the border to reclaim California. Warlords battle private security forces for control of coastal towns. Power, gas, and water are luxuries. Hummers and motor coaches are obsolete. The internet and cells are inoperative. Wi-Fi is history. Stores have been...

This collection of flash and poetry explores the secret interior worlds of characters dealing with intense emotional landscapes. Some of the pieces flash back in time to reveal the underpinnings of feelings of inadequacy, such as the narrator in "Butterfly Season," who recalls a lost love in high school and beatings as a boy. The flashes drive this book foward with intense relationship moments as couples either battle the odds to stay together or throw in the towel. There's even a flash ba...

In Part 2 of the PRELUDE TO THE APOCALYPSE Series, Tony and Evo journey out to the coast to catch one last glimpse of the ocean. It's not what they expect. They encounter anarchy along PCH as families hock all they own to survive. One guy holds up a GUNS FOR GOLD sign. A Tent City has sprouted up on the marshes beyond the lagoon and the beaches are overrun with the starving. The coast is lined with fishing poles. There is a rumor some are eating jellyfish and seaweed. A fisherman gives the...

This chapter was not included in the original PUNAHOU BLUES book because the publisher felt it cut against the loner persona of the main character. We disagree. It helps round out his character by showing him constructing friendships while building and designing the Haunted House for the school carnival.