Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
A Makiki Condo
advertises a view of the graveyard, a selling point for believers in kismet– a divine hand reaching from the far side of a life lived. At night, glass doors open…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
The Nightmarchers Before Halloween
“‘Kay, Esteban, you on break.” As Esteban stepped away from his position, he lifted his chin in acknowledgment. With a barely suppressed sigh, he pulled off the latex monster hands…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
Vanguard
In that unique quiet of morning / The appointed hour draws nigh / And from every direction / They shuffle forward in droves / Expressions masked / Inscrutable / Manning…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
The Last Treat
“Choo you kind of old to make trick or treat?” She was, and asking the question was stating the obvious. What Mrs. Kanemura did best. But Mrs. Kanemura was the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
Adventures In Pupukea (500 words)
We rode that old MGB with the top down, the wind and sunshine on our faces. We took that road right after Three Tables and before Foodland up to Pupukea…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
A Ghosting Story
Her veined hand shakes as she grips the wooden bannister. The faint knocking at the door has awakened her again, and she is on the staircase now, headed down, step…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
Terror behind grin
Jack-o’-lantern’s grin Yellow flame, bewitching glow Igniting terror
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
Waiting for master
Midnight at graveyard Wet-beaked ravens on tombstone Waiting for master
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
Year of the Ox — October 2021 Contest
Okay, for October the word counts are exactly 100 or exactly 500. Topic #1 Surprise! It’s Halloween. Candy, ghosts, costumes, anything associated with it. Topic #2 Surprise! It’s ghosts. Ooooooo….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- October Contest
Frankenstein
Outside a body Assembled and made by man Inside a wild soul