UNEARTHING THE FICTION HOUSE
An Archeo-apologist's archiving of the publishing home to some of America's most noted writers and notorious characters of the past two centuries.-
Raji Singh
The Novel: Tales of the Fiction House by Raji Singh
Shelva Fiction by Mark Rogers
The Seasons of My Giving Back, By Mark Rogers
Captain Polly’s Lore of the Lindian Woods
Captain Polly, the Mark Twain of the creature world, launches into fables.
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Tag Archives: Raji Singh
THE BUTTERFLIES, A POEM
By Raji Singh (In honor of National Poetry Month) I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from my parents. I alone survive. I become an orphan foundling, taken in by new loving … Continue reading →
APRIL FUELS POETRY
by Raji Singh The gods of words have decreed it: April is National Poetry Month. Here at the Fiction House we enjoy telling tales. Some are poignant. Others are just plain tall. We like mixing in a little verse with … Continue reading →
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Tagged April Poetry Month, archeo-apologist, coal miner poetry, Coal mining, culture, Fiction House Publishing, industrial poetry, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, nostalgia, poetry, Raji Singh, Seeds of Vengeance, short stories, Tales of the Fiction House, Uncategorized American History
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CHARLES DARWIN MEETS TURT (‘naked and loving it’) Repost
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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Tagged cat boxing, Charles Darwin, culture, humor, imagination, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, new short stories, nostalgia, Raji Singh, short stories, short story, Tales of the Fiction House, tattoo humor, Turt, William "Golden Boy" Golden
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY TALE– RRROSE HEATHER, A DAUGHTER OF OL’ IRE-LAND
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 →
Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Uncategorized, whimsy, writing
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Tagged Cincinnatti, culture, Foundlings, Ireland, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, Lindian Woods, Muse, new short stories, nostalgia, Raji Singh, Rrrose Heather, St. Patrick's Day, The Kissing Tree, Turt
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THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1809. PART II: WHAT CHILDS ARE THESE?
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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Tagged alternate history, American History, Carrier Pigeon, Charles Darwin, culture, Fiction House Publishing, humor, Mama Lucy, new short stories, nostalgia, Raji Singh, Raji Singh archeo-apologist, Satire, short stories, Tales of the Fiction House, Turt, whimsey, Whimsey Abraham Lincoln
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THE LINCOLN-DARWIN STUMP DEBATE OF FEBRUARY 12, 1809, PART I
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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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln birth, alternate history, American History, Bayou, Carrier Pigeon, Charles Darwin, culture, Mama Lucy, new short stories, nostalgia, Raji Singh, short story, Steven Spielberg, Turt
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VALENTINE, COME WITH ME TO THE KISSING TREE
by Raji Singh Who would ever think? A broken furnace boiler leading to my first real kiss. Oh, there’d been plenty on the cheek – by mother, all the aunties, by my imaginary muses, Rrrose Heather, Mama Lucy, and yech … Continue reading →
Posted in archeo-apologist, Children, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, whimsy, writing
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Tagged a boy's first kiss, Captain Polly, culture, first kiss, humor, imagination, Lindian Woods, new short stories, nostalgia, Raji Singh, short stories, short story, Tales of the Fiction House, tiger dancing. love humor, tiger man, Turt, Valentine's Day story, whimsy
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CHEF R.K.’S GOURMET SURPRISE
by Raji Singh I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – 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 and Indira Singh. Now, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Captain Polly, cooking humor, culture, good deeds, humor, imagination, Lindian Woods, new short stories, nostalgia, Philanthropy, Raji Singh, serving others, short stories, short story, Turt, weird recipes, whimsy
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USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO FIND YOUR PASSION
by Raji Singh I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – 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 and Indira Singh. Now, … Continue reading →
Posted in archeo-apologist, Children, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, whimsy, writing
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Tagged Beethoven, cooking, cooking stories, coriander, culinary humor, culture, fennel, food humor, imagination, new short stories, nostalgia, Ode to Joy, Raji Singh, Ravi Shankar, road kill, short stories, sixth sense, spices, summer job humor, Tales of the Fiction House
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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 I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from my parents. I alone survive. I become an orphan foundling, taken in by new loving parents Dr. Ben and Indira Singh. … Continue reading →
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Tagged culture, humor, imagination, imagine, James Thaddeus 'Blackjack' Fiction, jobs, Luny Mum, new short stories, nostalgia, Poppy Sol, Raji Singh, road kill, short stories, short story, whimsy
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Raji Singh
Tales of the Fiction House 