Category Archives: whimsy

THE ROUGE ROBED LADY OF THE SKY

by Raji Singh No matter if your candidates won or lost –keep looking up.  There’s extra good reason this week. On November 13 and 14, 2016, there will be the super-est supermoon in almost 3/4ths of a century. Perigee Moons, … Continue reading

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GOBLINS IN YOUR DESK DRAWER: A HALLOWEEN REPOST

(Previously posted on Pen in Hand) By Raji Singh Writers beware.  Word and sentence gobbling goblins may live in your desk drawer. Writers, be prepared:  You with manuscripts years, or maybe decades old are most at risk!  They don’t seem … Continue reading

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THE LEGEND OF THE SCARLET TONGUED, BLUE MOUTH DEMONS

To commemorate the new school year, here’s a whimisical excerpt from The Seasons of My Giving Back. *     *     * School’s starting for some, just around the corner for others, and forever out for many. Here’s a school daze reminiscing … Continue reading

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LABOR’S DAY

by Mark Rogers (editor, Fiction House Publishing) Announcing our newest Fiction House labor:  the novel, Shelva Fiction, by Mark Rogers  (Available at Amazon.) I elude the Czar’s Cossacks and escape to a life of freedom, love, and adventure in America. … Continue reading

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OLYMPIC GLORY: GOING FOR THE PYRITE

  by Raji Singh Here is our traditional Olympic Tale, “Go, Shelva! Go!” A curious letter to the editor appeared in the Moscow Times-Oppressor on May 1, 1895 under this banner headline: ‘BRAMBLE SURFING FOR SUMMER AND FUTURE OLYMPIC WINTER … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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)

by Raji Singh    This post was the foundation of the novel, The Seasons of My Giving Back.  It reminds us of the power of caring for one another. * **   I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – … Continue reading

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THE GLUMS, PART II

By Raji Singh Feeling blue, part 2? This will lift your spirits! Here’s an 1820’s tale about my great-great-grandfather, the Carper. (An excerpt from Tales of the Fiction House) *    *    * Mariner spins and spins for Carper. … Continue reading

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CINCINNATI’S FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE – A WHIMSICAL TALE

by Raji Singh  Welcome to our annual 4th of July parade 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 eyes, you’ll think you’re drifting … Continue reading

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