Tag Archives: Tales of the Fiction House

No. 31: IT TAKES A NUCLEAR VILLAGE

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh      Enjoy an excerpt from the galleys for an upcoming book Fiction House is publishing in 2013.  This scene fits well with the whimsical nature of this site. The film studio announcer clears his throat, “hhrum, hhrum.”  … Continue reading →

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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 →

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No. 29: THE TALE OF HOW EFRAIM EPHRAIM CAME TO BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE AT THE FICTION HOUSE.

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor, archivist Fiction House Publishing)      From the miscellaneous writings of Shelva Fiction, circa 1890’s:  Shortly after discovering that a tall taler from way back – Efraim – had stowed away in their medicine wagon. Shelva Fiction … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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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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