Tag Archives: Shelva Fiction

No. 54: TALES OF THE LINDIAN WOODS – TRANSPLANTED ONTO THE MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG EXPRESS

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh My great grandmother Shelva wrote hundreds of fables.  They told of strange happenings among the beasts and creatures living in forests on the outskirts of Lindia City, Lindia, and Cincinnati, U.S.A.  Some were for adults, others for … Continue reading →

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No. 53: THE MAN VANISHES (on the way to the Czar’s Winter Palace)

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh     (These girlhood memories of Shelva Fiction’s 1870’s Mother Russia:  I do not know if she wrote them then, or maybe nearly 100 years later.  A lady recently told me she thought she once saw a movie … Continue reading →

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No. 52: SHELVA AT THE CZAR’S WINTER PALACE

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (As I do my archeo-apology work at the Fiction House, I continually unearth my great grandmother Shelva’s girlhood memories of her 1870’s Mother Russia.) PART I:  SWEET ANTICIPATION      My bedroom window is open.  Drifting in with … Continue reading →

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No. 51: UNCLE VANYA DISCOVERS THE FALLACY IN FALLING FOR A FEMME FATALE TOO QUICKLY

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      …when last we see Uncle Vanya’s ‘Sweet Willamina’:  It’s 1850’s, America. Instantly Willamina transforms into dastardly ‘Dollar Bill’, thief extraordinaire, scourge of the west.  The quick change artist is William/Willamina AKA ‘Golden Boy’ Golden, adventurer, best … Continue reading →

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No. 49: PART III – UNCLE VANYA MEETS THE GOWNED GUNSLINGER TURNED WORD FLINGER: An Ill-Fated Romance Midst a Just Cause

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (Publisher, Fiction House Publishing)  My great grandmother Shelva’s girlhood writings.  The 1870’s. I wonder.  Do schoolchildren in America learn about their Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 as we in Moscow?  They should.  It was something evil as … Continue reading →

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NO. 48: CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK – UNCLE VANYA MEETS THE GOWNED GUNSLINGER TURNED WORD FLINGER

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing) Unearthing, almost daily, more stories and whimsical histories of Fiction House residents and writers.  Continuing here is my great grandmother Shelva.  She’s a little Moscow girl of the 1870’s, going on about Uncles … Continue reading →

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No. 47: UNCLE VANYA MEETS THE GOWNED GUNSLINGER TURNED WORD FLINGER – A SHORT TRILOGY

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing) PART I.  LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY KOOKY UNCLE VANYA      Just unearthed; Shelva’s young girl writings as she anxiously waits, from her home in Moscow, the trip to the Czar’s Winter … Continue reading →

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No 46: CAPTAIN POLLY AND CECILY COBRA GO ‘AFLYIN

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      The founder of Fiction House Publishing, my great-great grandfa James Thaddeus ‘Blackjack’ Fiction, visits Moscow in the 1870’s.  He meets my great grandmother, Shelva, a little girl.  So infatuated with tales he spins, variations on creature … Continue reading →

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No. 44: TALES OF THE MOSCOW NIGHTS

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh (my great grandmother Shelva’s little girl wonderings and wanderings) Many are the nights in the 1870’s summer that mine brutter Ivan must be away – at the mandatory for boys Youth for Czar Conclaves.  He is such … Continue reading →

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No 43: MY FIRST THRILL OF THE WAGER

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (My great grandmother Shelva recounts her first taste of gambling as a girl in Moscow.) A long corridor stretches past my bedroom.  One night I awake to a series of ‘thumps’ there.  I get out of bed … Continue reading →

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