Fiction
Mating Net
Igor Petrov, a Russian wolf, is at the apex of his chess career but is increasingly dissatisfied. When he plays a rising star, a caracal called Arun Ramachandran, he wonders: is there more to chess than winning?
Fragments, nocturnes, slow‑burns. New pieces posted irregularly. Read in any order.
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Igor Petrov, a Russian wolf, is at the apex of his chess career but is increasingly dissatisfied. When he plays a rising star, a caracal called Arun Ramachandran, he wonders: is there more to chess than winning?
Something awakens in the noise with a choice: cat, or dog?
A man he can't remember, a bar he can't place, and something hidden in plain sight.