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VALENTINE, COME WITH ME TO THE KISSING TREE

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Raji Singh

Please enjoy a loving piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s,  The Seasons of My Giving Back by Mark Rogers. *     *     * Who would ever think? A broken furnace boiler leading to my first real kiss. Oh, there’d been plenty … Continue reading →

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A HALLOWEEN SPOOKER: THE DISPUTIN’ RASPUTINS OF THE HIGH SEAS (AND THEIR WALK-OFFS))

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Unearthed from the tombs of the Fiction House, a Halloween re-treat. *     *     * The High Seas players: The Pirates- a scurvy lot Their Capt’n- a lice-ridden fiend Captain Polly – Capt’n’s enslaved parrot Turt- a good-natured … Continue reading →

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LABOR’S DAY

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Raji Singh

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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THE GLUMS, PART II

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Raji Singh

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

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Raji Singh

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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MAY DAY ON THE BAYOU IN POEM AND STORY

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh To acknowledge the end of National Poetry Month and welcome May Day and Mothers, here is a poignant story of a mother’s lament *     *     * “Tis 1800, there ‘bouts, early morn. Today Thibidioux chil’ to be … Continue reading →

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY TALE– RRROSE HEATHER, A DAUGHTER OF OL’ IRE-LAND

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Raji Singh

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 →

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NORTH TO CINCINNATI AND FREEDOM

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Raji Singh

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

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Raji Singh

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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VALENTINE, COME WITH ME TO THE KISSING TREE

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Raji Singh

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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