Monthly Archives: September 2012

No. 9: A PARROT’S LIFE (A Tale of Two Birds – continued)

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh My wife Tenille asks quietly from the next room, “Has Captain Polly arrived?” “Yes.” I answer. “Good, the children will want to play with her after dinner.” I know Tenille’s smiling. Captain Polly’s been close in her, … Continue reading →

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No 8: A TALE OF TWO BIRDS

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh ‘Tell our stories, Raji. If you don’t, it will be as if we’ll never have lived.’ These whispering cries of joy and sorrow rise from the bookshelves and portraits in the Fiction House. I cannot … Continue reading →

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No. 7: LEATHER, WHIPS, AND GUN-RUNNING ON THE RANGE – WHERE THE ARMS ARE BOUND

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh As I archive the mid 19th and early 20th century Fiction House Publishing, I am finding bits and pieces of rough drafts and published works. Some of the roughs were gnarred-on by carrier pigeons that delivered them … Continue reading →

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No. 6: ARCHIVING THE FICTION HOUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Technique and style observations about Fiction’s chief writer, William ‘Golden Boy’ Golden: Influenced by Sophocles and Shakespeare, Golden often anthropomorphized characters. Two of his favorites were the sun, a distinctively British bloke, and his ‘lie-dy’, the … Continue reading →

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No. 5: SHERALEE, YOU’VE COME BACK TO ME

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh “Messages, Sheralee and the other heroic carrier pigeons delivered in their Abolitionist flights, led to a victory in our Abolitionist fight.” James Thaddeus ‘Blackjack’ Fiction Blackjack reaches across the shadows of time and puts his hand on … Continue reading →