Fiction Tiny Stories
The Chess Game That Took Eleven Months and Two Strangers
On a stone table in the corner of the park, two people who have never met keep one game going, a single move at a time, whenever either of them happens to pass.
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The Jigsaw That Comes With a Piece Already Missing
A handsome 1,000-piece puzzle that saves you years of suspense by leaving one piece out at the factory, so you know from the very start that you will never finish it.
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The First Jigsaw Puzzle Was a Map for Teaching Geography
Long before there were puzzles of kittens and lighthouses, a London mapmaker glued a map of Europe onto a thin wooden board and cut it up so that children could learn where every country went.
Fiction Tiny Stories
The Crossword That Took the Whole Train
Someone left a half-finished crossword on the morning train with a note saying over to you, and for a week the carriage quietly finished it together.