(Day 52) One Fine Looking Deck You Got There
The deck laid on the pedestal, the bright bulb above of warming both it and the air above the fifty-two cards. There isn’t much security in the room; outside…
Dumb Questions Over Slow Gin
Tad stared across the table as his Uncle Kyle stared at his cards, the same cards he’d been pondering for nearly ten minutes. It was a slow game of gin. It was…
The Three of Summers
Big Sky Guy glanced around the table at the other players, at the pot, at his hand again; five Princes- Winters, Springs, Tweens, Autumns and Highs. If his…
A Poker Hand
I was worried. Could you blame me? It was fifth street. One more ounce of tension and the room would burst. I checked my hand. I went over the odds of the…
A Simple Game (Ch. 2)
Vanessa smiled to herself. You can tell a great deal about a player from basic presumptions. This man thought he simply must be the first to arrive for the…
The Last Reading
I was getting ready for school, when I felt this overwhelming urge to do a tarot reading. I was already running late, but... It was just social studies first…
A Simple Game (Ch. 1)
Reg cracked his neck as he stretched. Looking across the street he wondered when the old hotel was built. He began walking toward the front entrance. The glass…
A Simple Game (Prologue)
The host opened the large doors silently. The room smelled a little musty but not in a bad way. He moved purposefully into the room to his right. He found the…