Tag Archives: imagination

OLYMPIC GLORY: GOING FOR THE PYRITE

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Raji Singh

  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

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Raji Singh

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

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Raji Singh

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

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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CAPTAIN POLLY’S LORE OF THE LINDIAN WOODS

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Raji Singh

by Captain Polly (as overheard by Raji Singh) National Pet Week is here.  Join us as one of our favorite pets (though she would be greatly offended to be called that) shares an adventure. *     *     * You cannot stop … Continue reading →

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PET TO HUMAN DEDICATION: WHY WE HAVE NATIONAL PET MONTH

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Raji Singh

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 →

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MOTHER’S DAY MAGIC

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Raji Singh

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 →

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A-TAX ON SYNTAX: HAPPY TAX WEEKEND

Posted on April 17, 2016 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 … 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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