Tag Archives: short story

A TALE OF TWO BIRDS

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh In Honor of our feathered, furry, crawly, and scaly friends during National Pet Appreciation Week, a post from the Fiction House archives: LAST TIME – Golden Boy as Willamina, escorted by ardent admirer Jake, a beau in … Continue reading →

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MOTHER’S DAY MAGIC

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh In honor of our mothers, from the archives of The Fiction House… I am James Thaddeus Fiction, the Fifth – a true Fiction. Typhoon tears me from my mother and father on board a sinking ferry near … Continue reading →

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MAY DAY ON THE BAYOU IN POEM AND STORY

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh From the Archives of the Fiction House.  Happy May Day! “Today Thibidioux chil’ to be born. Butterflies come and tell me so. ‘Come Mama Lucy – time to go.’” 110 year-old healer and midwife Mama Lucy chants … Continue reading →

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EYES OF A LIFETIME: A BAYOU POEM

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh FROM THE FICTION HOUSE FILES: In honor of National Poetry Month A Farewell to Lucius Abel.  That last day with him, his Mama relives every day. *     *      * All is dark. Just one thing she sees … Continue reading →

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A-TAX ON SYNTAX: HAPPY TAX WEEKEND

Posted on April 16, 2017 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 in … Continue reading →

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VALENTINE, COME WITH ME TO THE KISSING TREE

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Raji Singh

Please enjoy a loving piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s,  The Seasons of My Giving Back by Mark Rogers. *     *     * Who would ever think? A broken furnace boiler leading to my first real kiss. Oh, there’d been plenty … Continue reading →

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LIKE THE NEW YEAR, LIFE IS FULL OF BEGINNINGS

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Out of the Fiction House Archives: THE CARPER’S TALE   (From Tales of the Fiction House) 1826  Daylight for just 15 minutes and already summer’s heat has dried dew from the Cincinnati pier.  A stoop-shouldered ancient mariner in … Continue reading →

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YOU WILL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, RAJI — A LINDIAN CHRISTMAS LESSON

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Raji Singh

I hope you’ll enjoy this Christmas tale from Fiction House Publishing’s book, The Seasons of My Giving Back, by Mark Rogers.    *     *     * Chapter 6 YOU WILL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, RAJI – A … 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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