The 20th novelette, "Sun," continues, with trouble, and desire; a glimmer of hope, but also despair—

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Sun (Act I)

Swinging the Blade – half Eleven – what Had been planned

City of Roses

There are 8 possible ways to do a #FoolsMate.
For Black, there are 347 possible ways.
For a Fool’s Mate-In-Three, there are 10,828.

I calculated all of them, every line, every variation, exported them to a giant PGN and then merged them all into a single game.

Yep, I’m *that* kind of #nerd.

(#Chess)

#NowPlaying Originally released in 1986, “Prince of the Sun 太陽の皇子” is a swirling psych rock meets angular no wave EP by #YBO2 (pronounced “Ibo-Ibo”), a trio of Masashi Kitamura (founder, editor-in-chief of #FoolsMate), K.K. Null aka #ZeniGeva, and #TatsuyaYoshida (RUINS, etc, etc) from Tokyo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2tGrhb6R20
YBO² - 太陽の皇子/Dry Lungs [Full Album]

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