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Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Queen In Quicksand

Gia remembered her childhood visits to the much-awarded Chess Grandmaster's home.

He taught her moves and played with her.

Not just using the Chess-board...
PHOTO PROMPT © Jeff Arnold
When Gia won the under-10 Chess Championship, he had kissed her and forced himself on her saying, "You're my Queen."

Gia felt trapped in quicksand.
She never played Chess ever again in her life.

It had taken Gia years to free herself and to come to terms with it.

The Chess Grandmaster died bequeathing his palatial home to his "Queen".
Pic Prompt by - Jade M. Wong
"Queen hates quicksand", Gia thought seeing her inheritance.
She quickly donated the home to a charity.


How many stories are hidden and will perhaps never come to light? What do you feel about the #metoo campaign? 

100 Words story for Friday Fictioneers
Also linking with FFfAW challenge , #MidWeekFlash
& ABC Wednesday- Q for Queen, Quicksand, Quickly
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23 comments:

  1. Iain Kelly31 October 2018 at 17:58

    Horrific in its understated menace about what goes on behind closed doors.

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  2. Miranda Kate31 October 2018 at 18:04

    Short and powerful, love it.

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  3. Neil MacDonald31 October 2018 at 18:12

    I like the double entendre of "he taught her moves and played with her"

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  4. Susan A Eames31 October 2018 at 18:42

    That was powerfully done, Anita. And who could blame her for wanting nothing to do with that property?

    Susan A Eames at
    Travel, Fiction and Photos

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  5. Sandra Crook31 October 2018 at 18:52

    Nicely done.

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  6. Uppal31 October 2018 at 19:18

    How smartly you've brought the metoo campaign in the forefront of the story!

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  7. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields1 November 2018 at 01:33

    Dear Anita,
    Five prompts stand
    To Quickly mire the Queen in Quicksand
    I would never play chess again.
    (You are the queen of multiple prompting.)
    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  8. Dale1 November 2018 at 03:31

    This really worked well, Anita. A danger when putting so many prompts together is the story can get muddy. I must admit you succeeded this time. Quite well!

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  9. Abhijit Ray1 November 2018 at 12:43

    Nicely joined two prompts. Child molestation scars a child for her life. Sad and unfortunate.

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  10. Jo Hawk1 November 2018 at 17:23

    Who is the grand master of combining prompts? The title goes to Anita.

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  11. Snow's Fissures and Fractures1 November 2018 at 18:51

    Such a tragic tale, scared for life.

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  12. Keith's Ramblings1 November 2018 at 19:36

    At least someone benefited in the end. A poignant piece indeed.

    Click to read my FriFic tale!

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  13. ABC-Wednesday1 November 2018 at 20:04

    Well... to be honest…. that campaign, triggers lots of misery that is burried deep down inside me.
    On one hand I think it is a good thing to make people more aware… on the other hand, every time to get confronted with it when one is a victim, and/or a parent of victims (I am both) ...that is very hard to and makes it not easier to cope with those trauma's.

    Have a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
    ♫ M e l d y ♪ (ABC-W-team)
    http://melodyk.nl/23-Q

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  14. C. E. Ayr1 November 2018 at 22:01

    I am not a big fan of multiple prompt stories, but you make this one work

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  15. Haddock2 November 2018 at 03:29

    She never played chess in her life time...... something that happens to all of us .....

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  16. Anonymous2 November 2018 at 15:18

    Multiple-prompt stories often strike me as a bit forced but I honestly didn't notice any awkwardness in your story. I only realised it was a multiple-prompt piece when I read Rochelle's comment. Well done! Jilly, Sugar on the Bee

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  17. Roger Owen Green2 November 2018 at 19:08

    checkmate, it seems

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  18. Linda2 November 2018 at 19:38

    I quickly understood what was happening here. This was a hard one for me to "like" because several of my clients are victims of this evil, horrible behavior. I despise it, and the perpetrators who indulge in it.

    I think the "metoo" movement is good in its inception. I worry about its misuse.

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  19. brudberg2 November 2018 at 20:35

    Yikes... what a terrible man... hope the house could be used for something good.

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  20. H.R.R. Gorman2 November 2018 at 23:44

    Wow - powerful, yet nothing overly explicit!

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  21. lisarey1990@gmail.com3 November 2018 at 03:21

    This is so powerful. So sad. Well-told.

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  22. Brenda Cox4 November 2018 at 12:38

    You wrote about a touch subject very sensitively. Though Gia will carry this trauma her whole life, she seems to have grown into a strong individual, donating the house to charity and avoiding the quicksand.

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  23. magiceye6 November 2018 at 16:31

    Powerfully poignant tale narrated so sensitively.

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