Monthly Archives: December 2013

No. 67 Like the New Year, Life is Full of Beginnings

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh THE CARPER’S TALE   (From Tales of the Fiction House) 1826  Daylight for just 15 minutes and already summer’s heat has dried dew from the Cincinnati pier.  A stoop-shouldered ancient mariner in an age-cracked slicker gamily trudges the … Continue reading →

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No. 66: YOU WILL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, RAJI – A LINDIAN CHRISTMAS STORY

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Just like the bespectacled Ralphie in the movie A Christmas Story, as an eight year old I yearned for a Red Rider BB gun.  Growing up in Cincinnati’s Lindian community – not big meat eaters or hunters … Continue reading →

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A PARROT’S LIFE (A Tale of Two Birds – continued)

Posted on December 15, 2013 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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A TALE OF TWO BIRDS

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh LAST TIME – Golden Boy as Willamina, escorted by ardent admirer Jake, a beau in hoping and pro-slaver, infiltrates the pro-slavery picnic.  He is attempting to ascertain their plans to take over the government of ‘Bleeding Kansas’ … Continue reading →

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LEATHER, WHIPS, AND GUN-RUNNING ON THE RANGE – WHERE THE ARMS ARE BOUND

Posted on December 1, 2013 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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