Category Archives: satire

MAY DAY ON THE BAYOU IN POEM AND STORY

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh From the Archives of the Fiction House.  Happy May Day! “Today Thibidioux chil’ to be born. Butterflies come and tell me so. ‘Come Mama Lucy – time to go.’” 110 year-old healer and midwife Mama Lucy chants … Continue reading →

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EYES OF A LIFETIME: A BAYOU POEM

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh FROM THE FICTION HOUSE FILES: In honor of National Poetry Month A Farewell to Lucius Abel.  That last day with him, his Mama relives every day. *     *      * All is dark. Just one thing she sees … Continue reading →

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A-TAX ON SYNTAX: HAPPY TAX WEEKEND

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh We’re in the Ides of April, National Poetry Month. Here’s a little celebratory prose and verse, To lighten the burden of the tax day curse. It’s the 1890s. Fiction House’s hired hand, Efraim Ephraim, lounges alone in … Continue reading →

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BEST ACTOR AWARD

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh    With all the uproar about the Awards, we thought you’d enjoy this old post from our archives… Esteemed resident of the historic Fiction House, Kunta Kinder, is world renowned for his artwork – painting, carving, sculpture.  … Continue reading →

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THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 1809, PART 1

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh In honor of President’s Day and the evolution of the office, here is a favorite.      *     *     *    We are unearthing fantastical new facts that will rewrite history as we know it.  In a stunning tale hidden … Continue reading →

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USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO FIND YOUR PASSION

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – 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 and Indira Singh.  Now, … Continue reading →

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CHEF R.K.’S GOURMET SURPRISE

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Had your Sunday dinner yet? If not, please enjoy a rollicking piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s work,  The Seasons of My Giving Back. In the preceding chapters,  I discover that my ‘giving-back to the world’ summer … Continue reading →

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IMAGINE…DREAMING AS A KING, INSPIRING AS A GANDHI, UNITING AS A MANDELA (or simply – using laughter to lighten another’s load)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh In celebration of Dr. King Day, we remember the heroes in our lives. This post was the foundation of the novel, The Seasons of My Giving Back.  It reminds us of the power of caring for one … Continue reading →

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THANKSGIVING AT THE HOME OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S NE’ER DO WELL BROTHER (a delicious holiday repast)

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Happy Thanksgiving! The Ancient Mariner, the scruffy sea salt who raised my great-great grandfather, told this curious holiday story.  It’s been handed down for almost 250 years.  Enjoy! *     *     * “To the GOOD life!”  Benjamin Franklin … Continue reading →

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SUPER-EST SUPERMOON IN NEARLY 3/4THS OF A CENTURY

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Tonight and the next few days, look up to the sky!  You will see the biggest supermoon since 1948! Here is a story about one from long ago and far away from Fiction House Publishing’s The Seasons … Continue reading →

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