“I don’t do small talk,” she grins, a flirtatious challenge to bookend our evening. I’m still nursing my second drink, the glass sweating in my hand. “Isn’t this how you…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
E hoʻomaka hou. Start over. – 100 words
E hoʻomaka hou. Start over. “E hoʻomaka hou”, tutu’s words when I’d tell her about the fight my archnemesis, Bully, would pick with me. His mean, high-octane swing got him…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Altered DNA
“Nancy C. had flaming orange hair, laughing blue eyes, and a blood-red mouth. And a most lovely set of hostages to fortune, begging for release. If only. “But by the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
June Contest: Haiku, Beginnings
Red dirt and red dust Memories of ancient times Subdivisions rise
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Looking Up
I arrive early – I’m always early. I survey the scene and buy a cup of coffee – the umpteenth cup actually. I choose a table where I can…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Ram
Here’s the Great Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat contest for June : )
Even though the new site is not up yet, we’re anticipating it anytime now. To celebrate, we’re running a Great Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat Writing Contest for June. The theme…
Bamboo Shoots offshoot
The Great BR Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat Writing Contest : )
As we do every year of the contest, we will take March off in order to recover from Chinese New Year. See you for the all new writing contest in…