Category Archives: whimsy

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

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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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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

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VALENTINE, COME WITH ME TO THE KISSING TREE

Please enjoy a piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s most recent work,  The Seasons of My Giving Back. *     *     * Who would ever think? A broken furnace boiler leading to my first real kiss. Oh, there’d been plenty on … 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 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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A FOUNDLING’S LIFE: FROM TRAGEDY TO LARK TO TRIUMPH

By Raji Singh From the Fiction House Archives… I am James Thaddeus ‘Blackjack’ Fiction – 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 … Continue reading

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BOOKS: A NATIONAL CELEBRATION

By Raji Singh On January 11, the American Library Association will honor books for youth.  From the archives of Fiction House Publishing, here is the tale of one boy’s discovery of reading. *     *     * In only a few minutes … Continue reading

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Like the New Year, Life is Full of Beginnings

By Raji Singh Out of the Fiction House Archives: THE CARPER’S TALE   (From Tales of the Fiction House) 1826  Daylight for just 15 minutes and already summer’s heat has dried dew from the Cincinnati pier.  A stoop-shouldered ancient mariner in … Continue reading

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