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Poem / War and Military

March 04, 2019

Reads: 140

Comments: 5

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Imaginations of a friendly game of chess. Read More

Tags: chess, medieval

Short Story / War and Military

February 25, 2019

Reads: 237

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Choices are sometimes made to please the emotions at the expense of the greater good. This little story might say why. Read More

Tags: boy, chess, spy, battlefield, calvery

my side project is a collection of short stories that i tentatively call "tales of entropy". this is the first story in that collection. Read More

Tags: chess, entropy

Short Story / Other

October 19, 2018

It's just a game. Read More

Tags: social, games, chess

A description of the progress I have made in chess, money, relationships and power. And what insights I have made on this journey coming into my new war time novel "Beginners". Read More

Tags: relationships, writing, money, power, chess

Just another of my thinking. Read More

Tags: chess, ladder, spoke

Just a little story about Bert, well, not just about Bert. Read More

Tags: spring, radio, chess, bert

Poem / Riddles

April 22, 2018

Reads: 357

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

My favorite game, Chess Read More

Tags: fallen, chess, queen, kingless

Poem / Poetry

March 27, 2018

Reads: 232

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A pawn in the game is all we are. Read More

Tags: war, conquer, king, chess, pawn

Short Story / Memoir

February 15, 2018

pretty sure it was Evan Williams...i no longer live in that house, which is probably for the best Read More

Tags: lonely, bored, chess, draw, drool

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

January 21, 2018

Reads: 441

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: god, mystery, chess, rook

Poem / Poetry

July 30, 2017

Reads: 376

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Chess is one of my favorite games. Inspired by an essay I wrote my first semester of college. Read More

Tags: poetry, war, poem, battles, chess

Poem / Other

May 16, 2017

Reads: 278

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

It's like a game of chess -- but who's playing? Read More

Tags: politics, game, chess, globe, pawns

Poem / Humor

March 24, 2017

Reads: 245

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

After this will he still be man's best friend? Read More

Tags: dog, chess

Poem / Non-Fiction

March 06, 2017

Reads: 394

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Who is moving your piece on the chess board? Read More

Tags: chess, pawns, game-of-strategy, posturing

Some people think that they are smarter than they really are. And sometimes it takes a surprise occurance to assure them that they are not. Read More

Tags: castle, king, chess, warrior, servants

Volume I of "Friday Night Games." A girl called Robin and her adventures. Read More

Tags: night, game, friday, chess, little

Tags: girl, boy, kids, london, chess

A game of chess used to explain a love triangle. Read More

Tags: broken, pieces, games, hearts, chess

Ever in pursuit of success in the fascinating business of fortune telling, the Great Trenlin strives for a higher employee satisfaction rate and accepts to play a friendly game of chess against Porric. Read More

Tags: chess, fortune-telling, sportsmanship, great-trenlin

Short Story / Historical Fiction

February 15, 2016

Reads: 1041

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a story is about a boy, an old man, and a chess game. Read More

Tags: mystery, disaster, chess, old-man

Short Story / Fantasy

January 17, 2016

Reads: 487

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An unlikely champion plays an unlikely reaper of souls for possession of his friend's life. (Was originally a poem. Morphed into prose later on, making it more like a piece of flash fiction). Read More

Tags: fantasy, flash-fiction, alien, chess, grim-reaper

Short Story / Romance

January 10, 2016

Reads: 536

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Synesthetic chess grandmaster sucks at life in his own unique way. Follow his joyful discovery of normal life and love. Oh, and if you don´t like the first few paragraphs, don´t give up. Things are not what they seem. Read More

Tags: humour, chess, refugees, swedish, synesthetic

I always loved to play chess. Unfortunately I've always been terrible at it too. Read More

Tags: games, chess, intellectual_battle

They sought blood, and they found it...but not mine--their own. Part 2 of Ex: The Story of Chesure Fox Read More

Tags: poetry, story, true, fox, deceit, chess, sabotage, chesure

In this chess game there is a lot more then bragging on the line. Read More

Tags: death, fiction, life, chess

Poem / Poetry

December 03, 2014

Reads: 423

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about feeling so controlled you can't breath. Read More

Tags: poetry, pain, poem, verse, hurt, peace, meaning, game, madness, deep, mean, chess, queen, piece, stanza

SSA James Metz is a seasoned NYPD Detective turned BAU Agent for the FBI. For the last 20 years his main obsession has been tracking the most prolific serial killer to ever sweep the east coast. For the last 20 years, James has done nothing and lost a lot in… Read More

Tags: mystery, crime, thriller, serial, killer, james, chess, fbi, isaac, checkmate, bau, metz, doherty

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