Category Archives: humor

GOBLINS IN YOUR DESK DRAWER

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Raji Singh

(Previously posted on Pen in Hand) By Raji Singh October Horrors Await!  Some fear ghosts, skeletons, even neighborhood elves with hungry eyes and empty trick-or-treat bags.  But writers…that is altogether different.  Here’s an old favorite from dusty Fiction House files. … Continue reading →

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LABOR’S DAY SMILE

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor, Fiction House Publishing) Happy Labor Day! Take your day of well-earned rest.  In honor of the laborers, we offer our thanks and a favorite post from the Fiction House Archives. *      *     * “…he died at … Continue reading →

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A BACK TO SCHOOL TALE: THE LEGEND OF THE SCARLET TOUNGED, BLUE MOUTH DEMONS

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Raji Singh

To our adult and teacher friends, we hope that this coming school year is a bright one for you and for our children.   As you face those young ones, many have fears they are afraid to express.  As you … Continue reading →

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Post No. 162: THE GLUMS

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Here’s an 1820’s tale about my great-great-grandfather, The Carper.  (An excerpt from Tales of the Fiction House) *   *   *   THE GLUMS – is what the Mariner sees in Carper when he stops his story. Crinkly lines … Continue reading →

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CINCINNATI’S FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE – A WHIMSICAL TALE

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh To those who join together in Life’s parade. Welcome to our annual 4th from  Tales of the Fiction House. Have a wonderful holiday! Cincinatti, July 4, 1826 The Cincinnati wharf-shack sways in a light breeze. Close your … Continue reading →

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A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, PART TWO: NORTH TO CINCINATTI AND FREEDOM

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh CONTINUED: The realistic ante-bellum Underground Railroad journey of Kunta Kinder to free slaves. This week:  His surrealistic river rafting to freedom. *** One may wonder: When Turt’s not rollin’ down a Kentucky hill, strollin’ a parade, helpin’-out … Continue reading →

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A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, PART I

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh  Happy Juneteenth! We celebrate the day we finally proclaimed the freedom inherent to all souls.  Our thanks to Ms. Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” who championed this national holiday. ***** In commemoration, we recall our hero, … Continue reading →

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FATHER’S DAY SCENTS AND SENSIBILITIES

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Whether your fathers are near, far, past, or present, they live forever in our hearts. Here is a favorite from our Fiction House family’s archives. Happy Father’s Day!   *    *    * PART I – FATHERS’ SENSIBILITIES … Continue reading →

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PETS ON MEMORIAL DAY

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Things change. The roller-coaster of life surprises, thrills, sometimes frightens, yet  our pets stay beside us.  They need little, our love and food, yet give us all they can in exhange. To honor them, here is a … Continue reading →

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MOTHER’S DAY MAGIC

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh In honor of mothers, we offer this tale from the archives of The Fiction House… I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from my mother and father on board a … Continue reading →

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