UNEARTHING THE FICTION HOUSE
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Raji Singh
The Novel: Tales of the Fiction House by Raji Singh
Shelva Fiction by Mark Rogers
The Seasons of My Giving Back, By Mark Rogers
Captain Polly’s Lore of the Lindian Woods
Captain Polly, the Mark Twain of the creature world, launches into fables.
Seeds of Vengeance, by Mark Rogers
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Category Archives: satire
PET TO HUMAN DEDICATION: WHY WE HAVE NATIONAL PET MONTH
By Raji Singh In honor of National Pet Month, a Fiction House reminder of those furry, feathery, leathery, or fishy special residents in our hearts… I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from … Continue reading →
MOTHER’S DAY MAGIC
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 →
Posted in archeo-apologist, Children, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Uncategorized, writing
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Tagged discovery, family history, fiction, imagination, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, love, Luny Mum, magic, MOTHER'S DAY, nostalgia, Shelva Fiction, short story
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A-TAX ON SYNTAX: HAPPY TAX WEEKEND
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 … Continue reading →
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Tagged Efraim Ephraim, humor, imagination, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, new short stories, Raji Singh, short stories, short story, still jokes, stump juice. Benjamin Franklin, Tales of the Fiction House, tax day humor, taxes, white lightning, Will Rogers
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY TALE– RRROSE HEATHER, A DAUGHTER OF OL’ IRE-LAND
By Raji Singh Just one of the 1,001 Tales residing for all eternity in the Fiction House. (James is a four-year-old foundling. His ill fate causes him to loose his memory. Turt is a long-lived sort of giant turtle, ferrying … Continue reading →
Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Uncategorized, whimsy, writing
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Tagged Cincinnati, culture, Foundlings, Ireland, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, Lindian Woods, Muse, new short stories, nostalgia, Raji Singh, Rrrose Heather, St. Patrick's Day, The Kissing Tree, Turt
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NORTH TO CINCINNATI AND FREEDOM
By Raji Singh Last week: 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, … Continue reading →
Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, whimsy, writing
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Tagged a-Hempis, Abolitionists, American History, Cincinnatti, culture, James Thaddeus Fiction, Kunta Kinder, Luny Mum, nostalgia, Ohio River, Poppy Sol, reminisence, rescuing slaves, slave traders, slavery, Turt, Underground Railroad
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BEST ACTOR AWARD
by Raji Singh Esteemed resident of the historic Fiction House, Kunta Kinder, is world renowned for his artwork – painting, carving, sculpture. His dangerous pre-Civil War work as an African-American Abolitionist ‘Conductor’ in the slave states demonstrates his acting … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abolitionists, acting, Best Actor, Cincinnatti, culture, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, new short stories, nostalgia, Overseers, Raji Singh, short stories, slave trade, Tales of the Fiction House, Underground Railroad
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THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 1809, PART I
by Raji Singh We are unearthing fantastical new facts that will rewrite history as we know it. In a stunning tale hidden in the Fiction House Archives, we have found evidence of the mystical origins of two heroes of the 2nd … Continue reading →
Posted in Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, whimsy, writing
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln birth, alternate history, Bayou, Charles Darwin, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, Mama Lucy, new short stories, Raji Singh, Tales of the Fiction House, Turt
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CHEF R.K.’S GOURMET SURPRISE
By Raji Singh Please enjoy a piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s most recent work, The Seasons of My Giving Back. In the preceding chapters, I discover that my ‘giving-back to the world’ summer job as youngster would be volunteering … Continue reading →
USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO FIND YOUR PASSION
Please enjoy a piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s most recent work, The Seasons of My Giving Back. In the preceding chapter, I discover that my ‘giving-back to the world’ summer job as youngster would be volunteering on a road … Continue reading →
IMAGINE…DREAMING AS A KING, INSPIRING AS A GANDHI, UNITING AS A MANDELA (or simply – using laughter to lighten another’s load)
by Raji Singh In celebration of Dr. King, please enjoy a piece from the Fiction House Archives and The Seasons of My Giving Back: I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from … Continue reading →
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Tagged culture, Dr. Martin Luther King, humor, imagination, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, jobs, Luny Mum, new short stories, nostalgia, Poppy Sol, Raji Singh, road kill, short stories, short story, whimsy
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Raji Singh
Tales of the Fiction House 