Ghosts Next Door

Ghosts Next Door
by Lopaka Kapanui

Sep 12, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #49

WILLY MACK


His full name was William Howard Macky but he used to go by Willy Mack. Now, I’ve already mentioned the words “was” and “used” so if you’ve caught on to that then you’ve figured out how things are going to fare for Mr. Macky.

Sep 11, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #50

WILD NIGHT


I took a left turn on Alakea when I noticed the late model Cadillac parked in front of the Mandalay restaurant with its four ways on.

Sep 10, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #51

BEAUTIFUL ZION


I was very much involved in getting into my car and heading back to my hotel room in Manchester. Not England, but New Hampshire.

Sep 8, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #53

#106


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.

Sep 7, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #54

OUR HOUSE


Irwin Ramento leaves this house every day, it’s what is required of him as part of this care home. The residents are to be out of the house for most of the day except for lunch and dinner.

Sep 6, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #55

MANGO LURE


I wondered who he was and what the circumstances were that brought to this present moment? He was older than me, or maybe it was homeless that aged him?

Sep 5, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #56

HOPENA


"Are you the one who attached poems to pictures that people sent you of Facebook?"   The person in the message asked.

Sep 4, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #57

KEPT IN THE DARK


Five persons on the ghost tour tonight, three local people. Local Japanese guy and his middle-eastern looking girlfriend or wife. Their friend is a hapa-haole guy whose features are intrinsically Japanese, but he's got freckles on his cheeks and a full head of red curly hair. The other couple is European, but I can't really place the origin of the accent.

Sep 3, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #58

UNDERSTAND


I don't understand the attraction to rap music, and it's sampled beats, and it's constant need to emphasize its point with the 'F' word in every other sentence.

Sep 2, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #59

INAZUMA II


The ride from the central station was a long drive, and Corey was blindfolded the second he got into the back seat of a 1966 Chrysler Imperial Crown.

Sep 1, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #60

INAZUMA


It was Netflix night at the Higashi home. Alan and Yulianna sat on the couch while Alan's childhood friend Piker Teruya sat on the large rattan chair.

Aug 31, 2018

100 Ghost Stories Counting Down To Halloween 2018 #61

TAPESTRY II


My mother handed me her phone and headed straight out the front door, “how did this guy even get my phone number?”