Script
A Brief History of the 20th Century
(LIGHTS UP on a white ramp with an iron railing. The ramp leads up to the entrance of a larger building. It is late afternoon. Two brothers, THE 1970s and THE 1980s, are leaning across it in a casual manner. They are talking. THE 1970s has light brown, slightly messy hair and is in his early twenties. He wears a fitted green shirt and tan brown bell-bottom pants. THE 1980s has black hair and is in his early twenties. He is wearing black fingerless gloves, black boots, and a thin, black overshirt that is unbuttoned over a black shirt. THE 1970s is carefree, funny, and calm. THE 1980s is casual, pithy, and dark.)
By Courtney Wood3 years ago in Fiction
The Ballad of Captain Sharkey
ACT 1 SCENE 1 Newfoundland England, just outside of Cuper’s cove 1730. CAPTAIN SHARKEY is sitting at a round table, the long scar on his face illuminated by the candle light. Surrounding him are three young lads. The dubious DUBOIS, the eager and impressionable CLYDE, and the older more reserved HENRY. A story begins.
By Allison Keller3 years ago in Fiction
"It's my nature." Mastery and ownership in the texts of Hrotsvit Iotania
Periodically, in times of population bottlenecks and food shortages, food shortages that lead to decline in both density and in total aggregate numbers, those who can afford to do so retreat from society and into their homesteads. The most benevolent of these peoples take with them staff and others who have few alternatives, providing for these unfortunate souls employment and shelter. What follows is an epoch that seems—outside its walls—dark, lost, void of growth of any kind; a beautiful futility, a tyrannical system.
By D.E. Rhoads3 years ago in Fiction
Color War
Color causes coveting or condemnation. That is eliminated here, where we are safe from the racial wars that brought about the world’s ruin. Our compound asks only that we banish all signs of color. We cover ourselves completely so that we are judged solely on our merits and do not fight over pettiness such as skin, hair, eye, or any other color. We eat in the dark, so that our palates make the distinction between foods. Each person is given a domicile and garments, tailored to your size; an identity patch will be given after your assessment. Everyone has a role to play and we have Assessors to help decide your categorization.
By Amber Olson3 years ago in Fiction