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Can an adult male over 65 write a story from the point of view of an 11-year-old girl? This short story is its author’s attempt to do just that. It's a story for children that adults might enjoy. Read More

Tags: play, chess, city-park, urban-life

Poem / Poetry

May 28, 2022

Reads: 156

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: love, you, me, chess, i

Poem / Poetry

August 18, 2021

Reads: 234

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Thinking in terms of my own personality and how I deal with others, I have come up with something interesting! Working dead-end jobs teaches a person a lot about survival. You got to help yourself before wasting effort on someone else. In my world power is taken, not earned, and… Read More

Tags: war, games, chess, tactics, battle-field

Tags: thoughts, poem, writing, spiritual, chess

This short story was posted here as a book a month ago. Reposted for those who like a continuous read. Warning: 6,300 words, perhaps 45 minutes reading time. Image by Victoria Borodinova at Pixabay. Read More

Tags: chess, geek, femme-fatale

Book / Thrillers

February 15, 2021

Reads: 1673

Comments: 29

The Booksie Classic House

Image by Victoria Borodinova at Pixabay. Twelve chapters, 6,300 words. Read More

Tags: chess, geek, femme-fatale

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"Think Martin has a few cards up his sleeve for his chess match. But will Ms. Schelling use her womanly charms to checkmate his moves?" Read More

A generation is nurtured to succeed another, in the game of kings. Read More

Tags: family, game, chess, grandparent, granddaughter

Chess Just as movies and commercials have something true behind the fiction, in the same way, some games have something true behind the fiction and one of those games is chess. A lot of movies and games have a true meaning that represents the civilization and culture of England and… Read More

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Poem / War and Military

March 04, 2019

Reads: 525

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: 806

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: 985

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: 1117

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: 1047

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: god, mystery, chess, rook

Poem / Other

May 16, 2017

Reads: 637

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: 586

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: 855

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

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