Newcastle Herald short story competition finalist 2021: A Game of Chess, by Jessie Ansons

Updated January 23 2021 - 12:12am, first published 4:00pm
FICTION FINALIST: The author took inspiration from this photo to narrate their finalist entry.
FICTION FINALIST: The author took inspiration from this photo to narrate their finalist entry.

It was the pandemic that got me out of my room in the nursing home. It's hard to believe I'd spent the 6 months prior confined to my own four walls, depending entirely on nurses and visits from the outside to keep me company.

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