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No. 24: THE LIFE SAVING ELIXIR, So Near, Yet So Far Away

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor, archivist, archeo-apologist Fiction House Publishing) The content of this piece – from the writings of Shelva Fiction, my Russian immigrant great grandmother – exist only in fragmented segments.  I discovered them while archiving the Fiction House.  … Continue reading →

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No. 20: THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1809. PART II: WHAT CHILDS ARE THESE?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh    (continued from last week) Abracadabra, Magi!  Appearing from seemingly out of nowhere in the desolate desert-scape, three kingly wise men:  Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar.  They’ve a star to direct them as they goad their camels across … Continue reading →

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No. 19: THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1809. PART I.

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      Steven Spielberg’s excellent portraying of America’s 16th President omits – probably because of cinematic time constraints – dramatic events of Abraham Lincoln’s Kentucky log cabin birth.  Those events relate directly to Charles Darwin’s birth in England … Continue reading →

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POST No. 18: THE WHIMSICAL SHORT STORY BLOG SITE.

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh It’s been four months since I started this blog site.  The response to my whimsical, once-a-week short stories has been wonderful.  Thanks so much for letting me entertain you. It’s fun to imagine and create a new … Continue reading →

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POST No. 17: (Holiday Edition) THANKSGIVING AT THE HOME OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S NE’ER-DO-WELL BROTHER

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh The Ancient Mariner, the scruffy sea salt who raised my great-great grandfather, told this curious holiday story.  It’s been handed down for almost 250 years.  Enjoy! *     *     * “To the GOOD life!”  Benjamin Franklin toasts.  A … Continue reading →

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No. 16: CHARLES DARWIN MEETS TURT (‘naked and loving it’)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor, archivist, archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing) The upcoming passage comes from the galley proofs of; THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED by Charles Darwin.  Fiction House Publishing, 1838.  Memos I am discovering in the Fiction House archives indicate the … Continue reading →

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No. 15: HOW I GOT MY NEXT THOUSAND OR SO TATTOOS – TURT’S STORY

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor-archivist, Fiction House Publishing) If my friend Turt could write, this tale he would scribe…    I experienced unparalleled bliss as the kind ‘two-leg’ gently carved the very first tattoo into my shell.  The “scritch, scritch” scratched incessant … Continue reading →

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No. 14: PET DATING SERVICE GOES VIRAL (a headline we’d like to see)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Want to find the best mate for your Rex or Ol Tom?  Here at Fiction House Publishing we’re considering a new idea, online matching for critters. “Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.” “Trot … Continue reading →

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