Category Archives: Children

A FOUNDLING’S LIFE: FROM TRAGEDY TO LARK TO TRIUMPH

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh From the Fiction House Archives… I am James Thaddeus ‘Blackjack’ Fiction – a true Fiction.  Typhoon  tears me from my parents.  I alone survive.  I become an orphaned foundling, taken in by new loving parents, Dr. Ben … Continue reading →

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BOOKS: A NATIONAL CELEBRATION

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh On January 11, the American Library Association will honor books for youth.  From the archives of Fiction House Publishing, here is the tale of one boy’s discovery of reading. *     *     * In only a few minutes … Continue reading →

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Like the New Year, Life is Full of Beginnings

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Out of the Fiction House Archives: 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 … Continue reading →

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YOU WILL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, RAJI – A LINDIAN CHRISTMAS LESSON

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Raji Singh

I hope you’ll enjoy this Christmas tale from Fiction House Publishing’s latest book, The Seasons of My Giving Back, by Mark Rogers.    *     *     * Chapter 6 YOU WILL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, RAJI – … Continue reading →

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BOOKTOBERFEST: CELEBRATE NATIONAL BOOK MONTH WITH THE CARPER

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh October is National Book Month.  I wonder if any cities or countries have Book Parades, festivals, or Book Games to celebrate.  I hope you’ll enjoy this short scene from my novel, Tales of the Fiction House.  It … Continue reading →

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THE FROG BROTHERS MEET TURT (REPOST)

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Raji Singh

Lore of the Lindian Woods as observed by aerialist and oral storyteller Captain Polly.  As squawked to Raji Singh        When last we saw the Frog Brothers atop the tattooed rock… They were leaping from the clutches of the half-gator/half-human monster … Continue reading →

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THE FROG BROTHERS SL-O-O-O-W DOWN

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Raji Singh

Lore of the Lindian Woods as related by Raji Singh   On a recent August evening, Tenille, our family, and I relaxed in the Fiction House garden. Captain Polly entertained us with her whimsical account of Turt’s first visit to the … Continue reading →

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VALENTINE, COME WITH ME TO THE KISSING TREE (REPOST)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Who would ever think? A broken furnace boiler leading to my first real kiss. Oh, there’d been plenty on the cheek – by mother, all the aunties, by my imaginary muses, Rrrose Heather, Mama Lucy, and yech … Continue reading →

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CAPTAIN POLLY’S LORE OF THE LINDIAN WOODS

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Raji Singh

(as overheard by Raji Singh) You cannot stop Captain Polly’s storytelling chatter. We here at the Fiction House don’t mind. The children like her tales. So do us adults. Better than t.v. – cheaper than movies. Captain Polly’s the Mark … Continue reading →

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MOTHER’S DAY MAGIC

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from my mother and father on board a sinking ferry near the Lindian coast. A thousand minus one perish. I alone survive. I … Continue reading →

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