Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
The Forgotten
He shuffles off down the street, looking for another safe space, another place to lay down and rest his tired and broken body and his weeping soul. He puts…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
What I Learned in Manhattan (bottom to top)
My brain felt active in every cell of my body. After that first day, and with daily practice, my mind became as sharp as a needle’s point. It is the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Wrong Stop
“Assistance, please.” A couple of individuals pointed electronic devices in his direction, but the visitor remained locked in time and space. “I need to leave. The guide said that everyone…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Close
“Perhaps,” she says, “that young man had been in a great deal of trouble in the past, and Doyle was trying to determine a recommendation for sentencing.” “I couldn’t…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Pest Pairing
Your soul may not yet yearn for it, but it will remain preserved in your imagination. Not be be outdone, cockroach juice can be boiled and brewed–served with ice and…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Soda With That?
Mom never learned to make tempura in her native Japan Like her maki rolls, she learned to make them from Japanese wives married to American men. Japanese chefs in Japan…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Writing Contest Prompt for 7/27 from Jim: Police
Aloha #WriterMonday. On my side of O‘ahu there was no storm at all. Today’s #WritingPrompt is the last July one for the monthly Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest: police So, the…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Writing Contest Prompt for 7/20 from Lanning: water
Aloha #WriterMonday. I hope you all had a good weekend. Today is Monday, so this #WritingPrompt is a Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest prompt: water So, the contest prompts for July…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Writing Contest Prompt for 7/13 from Jim: Police
Aloha, and a very Happy Monday to you : ) A new writing prompt for the month will appear every Monday. July writing prompts so far are soda freedom juice…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
The Beach
After that fall I thought going to the beach by myself was a great way to escape from everything. Almost, except, you know, it’s just you go there wearing your blue…