Tag Archives: humor

No. 94: FATHER’S DAY SCENTS AND SENSIBILITIES

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Raji Singh

Originally posted on Tales of the Fiction House:
by Raji Singh Our Founder, James Thaddeus “Blackjack” Fiction ‘Tell our stories, Raji. If you don’t, it will be as if we never lived.’ These whispering cries of joy and sorrow rise…

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Skating on Your Ankles (repost)

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Catherine Hedge

By Joseph Hedge (Editor’s Forward…2014)  We are currently in a deep freeze in Kansas.  Snow is up to our knees and icicles dangle like shark’s teeth ready to take a bite!  (so pretty when small…so scary when they hang over … Continue reading →

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YOU WILL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, RAJI – A LINDIAN CHRISTMAS STORY (Repost)

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (repost from Tales of the Fiction House) Seeing all the wonderful presents given and received, I remember a favorite gift wish. Just like the bespectacled Ralphie in the movie A Christmas Story, as an eight year old … Continue reading →

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Round Two: Fighting for Our Mother’s Love…and for Golf Supremacy

Posted on November 17, 2013 by wgborel

 By Bill and John Borel (The continuing saga of two brothers battling rattlesnakes, road runners, and each other for eternal glory…or something like that.) John:    Sunday, November, 10. Here we are at Indio, which is seeming more and more like … Continue reading →

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Concerto Petite for Miss Shelva

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Writers should strive to utilize a character’s chains of emotions to broaden, complicate, or redirect his or her story.  This change of emotion always must be valid and believable.  It is the writer’s charge to do it … Continue reading →

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TAKING A LITTLE BREAK AT THE FICTION HOUSE

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (editor, Fiction House Publishing) “…he died at age 52,” reports the network anchor, breaking the news of the death of….“A successful business person, he was known to proudly brag of working 16 hours a day, usually 6 … Continue reading →

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(repost) No. 18: THE WHIMSICAL SHORT STORY BLOG SITE.

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Raji Singh

(repost) by Raji Singh It’s been four months since I started this blog site.  The response to my whimsical, once-a-week short stories has been wonderful.  Thanks so much for letting me entertain you. It’s fun to imagine and create a … Continue reading →

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My Wife’s High School Reunions: The Devil Strikes Twice

Posted on November 18, 2012 by wgborel

By Bill Borel I have waited a long time to write this history about myself. My wife came from a small lumber town not far from Seattle. I met her while we were attending the University of Washington in the … Continue reading →

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LEATHER, WHIPS, AND GUN-RUNNING ON THE RANGE – WHERE THE ARMS ARE BOUND

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh As I archive the mid 19th and early 20th century Fiction House Publishing, I am finding bits and pieces of rough drafts and published works.  Some of the roughs were gnarred-on by carrier pigeons that delivered them … Continue reading →

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Writing Technique: ARCHIVING THE FICTION HOUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Technique and style observations about Fiction’s chief writer, William ‘Golden Boy’ Golden: Influenced by Sophocles and Shakespeare, Golden often anthropomorphized characters.  Two of his favorites were the sun, a distinctively British bloke, and his ‘lie-dy’, the moon.  … Continue reading →

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