Monthly Archives: May 2013

No. 44: TALES OF THE MOSCOW NIGHTS

By Raji Singh (my great grandmother Shelva’s little girl wonderings and wanderings) Many are the nights in the 1870’s summer that mine brutter Ivan must be away – at the mandatory for boys Youth for Czar Conclaves.  He is such … Continue reading

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No 43: MY FIRST THRILL OF THE WAGER

by Raji Singh (My great grandmother Shelva recounts her first taste of gambling as a girl in Moscow.) A long corridor stretches past my bedroom.  One night I awake to a series of ‘thumps’ there.  I get out of bed … Continue reading

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No. 42: THE QUESTION TARNISHING MY GOLDEN MOSCOW SUMMER

Happy Mother’s Day,Shelva, and all mothers! by Raji Singh (In slices of life Great grandmother Shelva serves vignettes about her building friendship with her future father-in-law ‘Blackjack’ Fiction, when she was a pre-teen.)                       “Are you planning to kill the … Continue reading

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No. 41: CONCERTO PETITE FOR MISS SHELVA

by Raji Singh     Horrified by deathly choices she believes Blackjack Fiction is making, Shelva writes of her pre-teen epiphany that gives her courage to confront him. *     *     *      It is only an impromptu three-minute piece that Pyotr … Continue reading

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