Tag Archives: Shelva Fiction

No. 30: DOC FICTION’S BUST ENHANCERS AND OTHER INVENTIONS THAT WENT BUST!

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh I am discovering the crumbs of the wry bread of life that sustained my Russian immigrant great grandmother, Shelva Fiction, in her new “Ameri-kan” homeland.  Midst my archiving the reams of notes, documents, letters, and ‘lost’ books … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Whimsey | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

No. 28: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE FIXER ELIXIR (continued from last week)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      Will the unjustly incarcerated Doc and Shelva Fiction be saved from the noose?  Will the Sheriff’s wife Millie get the Doc’s potions to their accuser before vigilantes arrive?      From the jail cell, Doc Fiction instructs … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, satire, Short stories, Whimsey | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No. 27: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE FIXER ELIXIR

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      A noose awaits my jailed great grandparents Doc and Shelva Fiction if tall taler Efraim’s capricious kidney kills him – bad patent elixir they’ve been accused of pedaling, dontcha’ know.       But there are strange forces … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Whimsey | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No. 26: THE MAGIC OF LUNY MUM: IT IS ALL AROUND US.

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh   It’s the 1890’s.  ‘Ol Efraim, he’s a teller of tales and a crier of wolf from way back – a hypochondriac to boot.  He’s on his deathbed, so he claims.  My great grandparents Doc and Shelva … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction House Publishing, Short stories, Whimsey, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No. 25: THE MAGIC OF LUNY MUM

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      (It’s the 1890’s.  My great grandparents Doc and Shelva Fiction find themselves far from home, wrongly jailed for selling an allegedly defective batch of patent medicine elixir.  Shelva’s pregnant and sick.)          Luny Mum beams … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Whimsey, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, Short stories, Whimsey, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No. 23: SHELVA FICTION’S GRAND, BUT WHAT COULD BECOME, DEADLY, AMERICAN ADVENTURE

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Raji Singh

  by Raji Singh (Writings from the 1880’s of my Russian immigrant great grandmother, Shelva Fiction just a few years after, as she would say “I come Amerika”.) Mine husband, mine sweet druzhyna, Doc Fiction:  So successful is his spieling-on … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Whimsey, writing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

No. 22: MADAME RRROSE HEATHER’S WHURE’S DELIGHT AROUSES THE NATION.

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh In the late 1800’s, my immigrant Russian great grandmother, Shelva Fiction was barely able to speak English.  She learned it by beginning a journal about her husband, ‘Doc’ Fiction.  His was a life dedicated to folk and … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Whimsey, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

No. 21: GREAT GRANDMOTHER FICTION WAS A WRITER? WHO KNEW?

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh Tucked away in thimbles, squirreled into deep recesses of musty cubbies; used for padding in cracking old button-top shoes:  Buried and forgotten in all these places for over 100 years are bits and pieces of writing by … Continue reading →

Posted in archeo-apologist, Fiction House Publishing, humor, satire, Short stories, Whimsey, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment