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   afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭ (afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 00:39:04 JST afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭

   Since I have a bunch of new followers, I want to ask about a book I'm trying to find or the title of one of the short stories that was in it.

   Bear in mind, I know how to use search engines, and how to use the InternetArchive and ProjectGutenberg

   You can find similar stories by doing a cursory search, but that will not be the one.

   It is NOT the one about prisoners acting as chess pieces. LOL

   I'll describe what I remember of the story in the next toot. Thanks for reading...

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     afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭ (afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 00:39:03 JST afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭

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     When I was in college some 30+ years ago, I was in a creative writing course, the course used an anthology book, in English, with many short stories, maybe essays and poems too.

     One of the short stories, has a man moving to a city and trying to find work. The job he can get is to put on a chess piece costume for rich people. The rich people leave when it starts to rain. The paper mache of the pieces starts falling apart. And some of the pieces/people start fighting.

     What's the title, please!??

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     afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭ (afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 00:39:14 JST afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭

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     From what I remember, I don't think the chess game in the story is of any consequence. It's symbolism.

     The story has to do more, I think, about human nature, about social classes, about how people behave.

     If I can find the story, I can find the book, I want the book. I lost it many decades ago but cannot remember the title or the year. Thanks again.