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Three Things: The Card Game Edition

2016 April 11

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This week, let’s break out a deck of cards (or two), and write about what happens next. I’ve collected three card games to spark your inspiration:

 

ugoceladadavirgilio

Ugo Celada da Virgilio, Nennele and Playing Cards. Oil on canvas.

 

palmerhayden

Palmer Hayden, Nous Quatre à Paris (We Four in Paris), 1930. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.

 

unknown

Unknown, Three women showing their hands of cards, ca. 1870s. Stereograph. George Eastman House, Brooklyn, New York.

 

PSST: It’s Online Open Mic this week! Submit your work-in-progress today and tomorrow, and get feedback from your fellow writers on Wednesday!

 

2 Responses leave one →
  1. April 11, 2016

    I write historical fiction and adding card-playing would be fun, but suddenly I realize how much research it takes to add a simple scene of card-playing! :-)

    • Hazel permalink
      April 12, 2016

      Ha! You’re right, lots of research! :)

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