Because self-publishing is so straightforward on Amazon, I decided to get my old/new novel Maui Daze in front of audiences. But the novel requires some background.
My surprise new novel Maui Daze is now available
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Why I wrote my new ‘memoir’ Remembering Lahaina
After watching Hawai‘i’s governor shame West Maui residents into going back to work in luxury resorts just a few months after the 2003 Lahaina fire robbed many of them of their homes, pets, jobs, and even family members, I realized I needed to write this book.
My new novel The B Girls is now available
My new novel The B Girls, which is about women who work at an unusually chaotic bikini bar in Orange County, California, is now available.
What Happened When I Binged China Beach
My girlfriend Angie and I have binged a lot of television series over the past pandemic year—comedies, dramas, and reality. We’ve bounced from Netflix to Hulu to Amazon Prime to Pluto to Tubi to BritBox to CBS All Access to Disney+, with mixed results. We were between series discussing something I don’t recall when I … Continue reading What Happened When I Binged China Beach
The Bitter Defeat of Donald Trump
Like so many other men and women who had been at war physically and emotionally, exhaustion, rather than exultation, was my first reaction to victory in Europe. -General Dwight D. Eisenhower I first starting thinking about this quote, which is from Ike's memoir Crusade in Europe, around the time it became clear Joe Biden had … Continue reading The Bitter Defeat of Donald Trump
Book Review: ‘Flight 7 is Missing: The Search for my Father’s Killer’
In early May, the book Flight 7 is Missing, by Ken H. Fortenberry (Fayetteville Mafia Press) came out. It’s surprising that is the first definitive account of one of the worst unsolved aviation accidents in U.S. history—the loss of the Pan Am airliner Romance of the Skies, which was flying from San Francisco to Honolulu … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Flight 7 is Missing: The Search for my Father’s Killer’
Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich Delicious
I wrote a poem. Kinda. I've actually been writing a lot of things even in this pandemic lockdown, though with freelancing all but dried up, I've had to focus on fiction. Anyway, I got an idea a few days ago and decided to try to make a poem out of it. Here it is: Buttermilk … Continue reading Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich Delicious
‘He Didn’t Go Away’–10 OC Women Describe Their Stalking Experiences
[NOTE: This story was first posted on OCWeekly.com on Nov. 27, 2019. It was one of the last stories to go up before the paper shut down after nearly a quarter century. Since then, former owner Duncan McIntosh Inc. has scrubbed the website of all online-only stories, which included this one. While the story is … Continue reading ‘He Didn’t Go Away’–10 OC Women Describe Their Stalking Experiences
People-Watching on the Disneyland Railroad
My girlfriend Angie and I recently purchased annual passes to Disneyland, so these last few weeks we’ve probably spent more time in the park than in all my previous visits combined. Each time we go I’m amazed at how many people there are–crowds and crowds of people spilling over every walkway and through every threshold. … Continue reading People-Watching on the Disneyland Railroad
My story’s done, but the ‘Romance of the Skies’ is still giving up a few secrets
It's been a few weeks since MauiTime published what's probably the most surreal story I've ever written. Written to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the mysterious, still officially unsolved crash of Pan Am Flight 7, it also revealed unexpected connections between me and the aircraft's then-26-year-old Flight Engineer, Albert Pinataro (my first cousin once removed). … Continue reading My story’s done, but the ‘Romance of the Skies’ is still giving up a few secrets
Anthony Pignataro 