Sour Rice
Sour Rice
# Scene 1 - INT Night #
A small strip-mall sushi bar with a linoleum floor, one long counter, and a number of bar stools. A mop and bucket waits near one end of the counter, next to the exit from the chef's area. Behind the counter is a menu board above a fridge and a sink with a pull out faucet. The other walls have pictures of sushi on plates, signed photographs from big sushi restaurants, and one large surfboard secured to a ceiling corner by chains.
SUSHI CHEF, stern middle-aged female with one arm gone at the shoulder, works behind the counter. There's not much to do this late, but while waiting for customers she stays busy washing and sharpening knives.
A bell over the door DINGS as POLITICIAN enters, a middle-aged male wearing his best suit. Sushi Chef greets him and he smiles like a pro, then when she turns to check her rice, he selects his bar stool – closest to the door – and sits with a soft sigh.
Sushi Chef
Party of one?
Politician (couldn't be more cheerful)
They'll be
Lean - A Work From Home Future
Lean - A Work From Home Future
When did jogging get easy?
Okay, not easy - at some point these sweaty walks got faster, steadier and maybe even routine. The when doesn’t really matter. Now it’s easier than … work, even though I’ve been working way longer than jogging.
But work will always be hard. Why else would they pay us to do it.
I hustle along the empty sidewalk. The late-morning haze filters the sunlight to a distant warmth. A tiny mail car shoots down the empty street, slowing to about a third its speed going by me. Another streaks through an intersection far ahead.
Factory identical houses go by one after another. Dirt lots, maybe an unk
Prison of Magic - ch. 1
Prison of Magic - ch. 1
All I wanted was some onion rings.
Walking into a corner convenience store I did a quick check of the other customers. Some kids with flame red mohawks and leather jackets laughing at the magazine rack. One big guy in a bathrobe and shorts inspecting the beer fridges. A middle-aged guy in a gray janitorial jumpsuit standing in line for the register behind a woman buying about six jumbo-packs of toilet paper.
Convenience store people.
Toilet paper lady paid and walked for the door. I wandered to the back, narrowing in on the chip racks. A thin scream burst out. Picking my gaze up I saw jumpsuit guy waving a knife at the cashier and a wrist
Short - Bring Me Back To Life
Short - Bring Me Back To Life
The floors were white and yellow linoleum. A wheelchair sat inside the doors with a small tank of air attached. Further down the hall, a waist-high sign promised free flu shots with a cartoon arm and a needle above the elbow.
The needle looked a little too life-like. She stumbled and leaned on Joey.
“Is it gettin' worse, baby?” He bent down to catch her and stared into her eyes. “The clinic has a cot. You're afraid of doctors, right? Maybe, uh, close your eyes for the next bit.”
She squeezed her eyelids together, focusing on the pounding of her head. Joey took her arm and together they staggered onward, him leading
Short - Blue Priest
Backward Steps Meditation
Backward Steps Meditation
You take a backward step through a gold-green, waving field. Everyone you have ever known stands in front of you to watch you go. Looking only at them you place another foot back, the sun beating down. Your bare soles press down dry grass and into hard soil.
Still moving backwards you enter a crowd, all strangers to your eyes. Some greet you with easy smiles, others jeer and contort their faces. You rub shoulders with, bump against and careen off their bodies. Exiting the crowd, your feet discover a steady pace and a new direction.
The sound of flowing water grows from the softest burble. A stream appears from behind, perpendicular to your
A Transfer of Moral Rightness
A Transfer of Moral Rightness
Transfer of Moral Rightness
-- If person A believes idea X and feels X is very morally justified, then A will (1) transfer that moral rightness to themselves and (2) sometimes transfer that moral rightness to related idea Y
-- If person A convinces person B of the moral justification of idea X, then B will be easier to convince when A says (1) idea Y is morally justified or (2) any idea Z is morally unjustified
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I was born biologically female. But the prenatal neural scans revealed an inclination toward the hard sciences, a higher capability for spatial math skills, less social empathy and that I wouldn’t cry when hit. In other wor
Thoughts on Air Master
Thoughts on Air Master
By the end of Episode 5 of the anime Air Master you will have watched an adult man physically assault a high school girl. He starts the episode by grabbing her hand, rubbing her ear and complimenting her looks. This is worth discussing.
First a quick synopsis of the anime so far. The setting is inner city Tokyo. Thugs in tank tops and baggy jeans hang out in back alleys fighting each other with special moves and no rules. Our heroine Maki is one of these street fighters, the titular Air Master. As a former gymnastic champion her street fighting style consists of jumping ridiculously high, falling with style, grappling, spinning and hitting h
Specificity in Gender Journalism
Specificity in Gender Journalism
Words are different because they mean different things. Different words, even the closest of synonyms, can have different connotations and connected meanings.
The words man, male and masculine are different just as woman, female and feminine are different. Male and female refer to sex, one's biological designation at birth. Masculine and feminine refer to gender, one's presentation socially. Male and female do not refer to gender, while masculine and feminine do not refer to sex; both sets are strict in their usage. Man and woman (and the plurals men and women) can refer to either sex or gender. Like the words human or people, they are broad
Boats Have Wings
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Boats form ripples
Rings spreading outward
Bright bait smells
Fishing rods arc
Hooks fly away
Bobbers dive under
Small talk stops
Spinning reels click
Nets scoop water
Hands tie thread
Fish circle buckets
Boats turn home
Cut through water
Wings open behind
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Chapter 0
This time around, things are going to be different. The usual narrator is away and I'll be filling in. Don't worry, I follow his rules, mostly; just a brief introduction and then let the story tell itself. But I should warn you, I don't see this world the way he does. Things will be different, definitely so; I like to think a little realism will go a long way toward making things more interesting. Reality bites, but is all the more wondrous for it.
We begin our adventure listening only to night's dry heat. It's too hot for the Kricketots to be still playing and even the Zubats and Hoothoots have gone to roost early. The only creat
Dreamscrape
Dreamscrape
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High War - Chapter 0
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Chapter 1
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INT. FAMILY HOME KITCHEN – MORNING AT SUNRISE
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Request - The Wish Granter (part 1)
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Artist // Hobbyist // Literature
- May 7, 1988
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- Deviant for 9 years
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“Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!”
I love Anime and writing. Someday I'd like to write the scripts for original animation but for now I'm a writer-in-training creating worlds and characters and telling stories with them for my amusement. I'm always searching for people to collaborate with, especially visual artists; if you read something here that inspires you, I'd like to see what you make of it, or work together on something new. And I'm here to learn and help others learn. I want advice on how I can improve, I take on prompts and requests to sharpen my writing skills, and if you'd like a critique or some proofreading you only have to ask.
My 2020 Avatar is the creation of MissMonie, a friend who writes and illustrates various things. She made me a spell book and potion bottle, because as far as she knows I mainly write epic fantasy. But I write modern fantasy too ...
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Happy Birthday cobrateen 
CobrateenHobbyist Writer
Thank you for creating some cool animation! 
Sonicdude645Student Traditional Artist
Thank you for the Badge!!
Sonicdude645Student Traditional Artist
You're very welcome!!