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Picture Perfect
 Travel photographer Connor Stark captures the inanimate beauty of Istanbul from behind the safe distance of a camera lens. But it’s the lively tour guide Natasha Plakouris that captures his imagination. He is destined to work alone while she’s tethered to her group of tourists, until a twist of fate changes their itineraries.
Ghosts at the Coast
My story, Kaneloa, was a nominee for Pushcart Prizes: Best of the Small Presses
Strong Currents 1 and 2
Anthologies of short stories, poems and essays by Hawai`i writers. Strong Currents is available at barnesandnoble.com
All’s Faire Blurb
 
In an effort to clear the debt on the family farm she’s inherited, Violet Hamilton decides to stage a Renaissance faire. Foreman Will Flores has other plans. Together they form a delicate partnership, and through the heat of an Illinois summer they learn that home is anywhere you fly the family pennants.
The Breakup Queen
The Breakup Queen and Other Romantic Tales by Hawaii Writers was co-edited by Michael Little and me. This paperback anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays has two of my short stories in it, and is available here at BarnesandNoble.com.
As a tickler, here's the opening to Green Flash:
A candle lighting ceremony, thought Wes as he fought the tide of end-of-day beachgoers at Magic Island. Kind of a girlie thing to do to mark the first anniversary of Howard's death, but then Kim was a girl, and she'd organized it. She hadn't asked Wes what he thought would be appropriate. If she had, he probably would have told her to throw a kegger. That's what Howard would have done.
That's what Howie did, as a matter of fact. Drank a whole damned keg's worth and then drove his car off an S curve coming down Tantalus. Howie might have been the best friend Wes ever had, but he was also among the dumbest of human beings. Still...
The Whole Enchilada.
Finalist in RWA's 2002 Golden Heart contest for best Short Contemporary.
Attorney Alex Jeffrey thinks he is God's gift to women. Reb Carlton would like to take him straight to the "returns" counter when he shows up in San Antonio to take the deposition of her client in a trademark infringement case. In a match up that quickly goes from professional to personal, they match wits and wiles to prove who is the better man or woman. Winner takes all, The Whole Enchilada.
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