Introduction I have a friend who has lost the ability to speak coherently, although as far as he is concerned, he is speaking completely normally. The friend, who in order to protect his real identity,

After struggling for so long at around 1000 Bullet rating points, I had a hot streak in March and got up to over 1200, however I've been on a slide since. In this video I just play a few games, but manage

I recently ran a competition in my Flash Fictioners community, after a few days I checked for entrants and didn't find any. Eventually I was sent two links from two different entrants, however I still

First of all I'd like to offer my apologies as I meant to announce the competition winner last week. However there seems to be a problem with the Hive Communities, as I could not see either of the entries

Welcome to the first Flash Fiction Freewriter competition! The Flash Fictioners on Hive are a collective of writers who enjoy telling our stories in the most succinct way possible. My name is @cryptogee

Word Count: 202 - 2 minute read The bar he gripped was pure ice, his palms were frozen, his fingers curled round digging into the heels of his hands. Ragged uneven breaths wheezed through his clenched

I'm definitely getting more into my 1 minute bullet games recently. I feel the Levy Rozman videos I've been watching have helped tremendously. The game below is possibly the craziest game I've ever had,

A couple of weeks ago I came across a player rated higher than me, at the time I was in the mid 900s and he was in the low thousands. By the end of our epic battle, I had overtaken him in the rankings.

87 Words - 1 Minute Read A life ninety one years long. All of the joy and the tragedy. The smiles and the tears. The girls and the boys. The births and the deaths. A tree of life, sprawling branches, delicate

Imitation, they say, is the best form of flattery. Meaning if you're doing something and people start to copy you, then you should take that as a compliment, because it means you're doing something right!

Word Count: 1200 - 5 minute read "What time is it?" Paulo asked. My breath puffed out in brief white clouds, the drugs were wearing off and I was beginning to feel as flat as the dull grey sky

One of the great things I've learned from Levy Rozman, is a kind of theory of mind when it comes to chess. Of course I've learned a little bit more about the theory of openings, and practical moves for

In today's game I tried out a technique I learned from watching the Gotham Chess video from the "Chess Steps" series, for 1000-1400. Seeing as I'm a 1479 rated player I decided to give it a go.

As some of you may know, I haven't been playing chess now for a while and when you look at it, the reasons have been pretty silly. For a start my old ergonomic mouse stopped working properly with my computer.

He awoke again without opening his eyes, it was warm, as always, the faint cooling puffs of the AC on his face keeping his temperature at acceptable levels. Breathe in. The pungent antiseptic sting hits

Word Count 1030 I thought the device was the answer to all my problems, more than that, it was a key to happiness. A magic pill that would make all the problems in my world fade away. I remember a line

I am very pleased to announce The Flash Fictioners a new writing community on Hive! I've been writing for around five years on Hive and many years before that on various platforms and projects. Yet still

Word Count: 516 The tiny ship rattled and groaned as it tore itself apart, a brass band of bangs and explosions chimed throughout the craft, muffled only by the ever present deafening doppler of the ship's

Even though Mali was easily the tallest in her class it wasn't enough, the reality of it hit her hard in the pit of her stomach, she was just too damn small. The three of them were making their way through

What are NFTs? Art. Then what is art? Something @quillfire said to me the other day got me thinking . . . But more about that later. Art it seems, like anything else in the human realm, is anything we