Category Archives: Fiction House Publishing

No. 62: THE MAN RESIDING IN THE SECRET ROOM OF THE FICTION HOUSE – PART III

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Accidentally trapped in the secret room and awaiting Nanny to come unlock the door so she can nurse Jamoy, her infant son, Shelva recalls: *     *     *      Just when you are sure the Rope Haired Man … Continue reading →

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No. 61: THE MAN RESIDING IN THE SECRET ROOM OF THE FICTION HOUSE – PART II

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Shelva Reminisces:      The ‘slamming’ shut, the resonant ‘clicking’ lock of the upstairs door: TRAPPED !  ALONE!  In the secret basement room of the Fiction House. Despite your trembling, your fear, you try to stay calm by … Continue reading →

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No. 60: THE MAN RESIDING IN THE SECRET ROOM OF THE FICTION HOUSE – EXHIBIT ‘A’

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Per my archeo-apology endeavors: I am yet tying together archive data concerning the Rope Haired Man stalking my great grandmother, Shelva.  The incident occurs at the First International Cat Boxing Tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.  It is … Continue reading →

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No. 59: THE ARCHEO-APOLOGIST AT WORK

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      This week I take respite from Shelva in the 1870’s, from the Rope Haired Man stalking her at the International Cat Boxing Tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia, and from the handsome young Czarevich who comes to … Continue reading →

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No. 58: THE CZAREVICH’S TALE OF THE TRAVELLING FICTION HOUSE

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh 1870’s St. Petersburg, Russia.  My great grandmother Shelva tells of her frightful girlhood experience, stalked by a mysterious Rope Haired Man.  From fear, she faints, awakening to… *     *     *      Peter the Great in fresco reaches … Continue reading →

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No. 57: THE CZAR’S PUSSYCAT PARADE

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      When Czar Alexander II puts on a Pussycat Parade, he spares no expense.  It is the 1870’s. My great grandmother Shelva recounts joyful girlhood memories of the grand promenade, midst a sinister rope haired man stalking … Continue reading →

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No. 56: HERE COMES THE PUSSYCAT PARADE (And Other Matters) – PART 1.

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh  ON YOUR MARK…      Mel Blanc – the elastic voice of Bugs, Porky, and so numerous other cartoon characters:  His classic song, Here Comes…I’ll wager its inspiration came from the grand cat parades inaugurated, first in America … Continue reading →

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No. 55: THE TWISTING TALE OF THE ROPE-HAIRED MAN

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      Shelva writes passionately about traumatic girlhood experience with a mysterious rope-haired man.  She is in a private compartment, aboard the Moscow train with her Papa.  St. Petersburg bound.  It is the 1870’s.                                 *            *             *      … Continue reading →

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No. 54: TALES OF THE LINDIAN WOODS – TRANSPLANTED ONTO THE MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG EXPRESS

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh My great grandmother Shelva wrote hundreds of fables.  They told of strange happenings among the beasts and creatures living in forests on the outskirts of Lindia City, Lindia, and Cincinnati, U.S.A.  Some were for adults, others for … Continue reading →

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No. 52: SHELVA AT THE CZAR’S WINTER PALACE

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (As I do my archeo-apology work at the Fiction House, I continually unearth my great grandmother Shelva’s girlhood memories of her 1870’s Mother Russia.) PART I:  SWEET ANTICIPATION      My bedroom window is open.  Drifting in with … Continue reading →

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