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“Breakfast Shots” And Other Stories: Collected Fiction Of Joseph D. Haske, Joseph D. Haske Dec 2011

“Breakfast Shots” And Other Stories: Collected Fiction Of Joseph D. Haske, Joseph D. Haske

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The following thesis for the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing consists of two parts. The first part contains five excerpts from a short story cycle, tentatively entitled Breakfast Shots. The second part includes experimentation with the short story form, including the noir-influenced Bloqueo and two minimalist stories derived from this piece. Several stories included in this thesis have been published in journals such as Boulevard, Fiction International, and Dark Sky. The rest are currently under consideration for various journals and anthologies.


The Casualty Of Home, Molly Koeneman May 2011

The Casualty Of Home, Molly Koeneman

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Casualty of Home is a novel-in-stories focusing largely on the displacement felt due to situation or family. Often, members of a family have trouble making connections with each other, for each has its own thoughts, desires and expectations. Still, they have something rudimentary in common: blood. Because they are related, family members are inclined to care for individuals they might not even know, much less love. Spanning three generations, the characters in Casualty of Home deal with the constraints of family, the pressures of adolescence, and the limitations of the rural Southern culture in which they live. The characters face …


Fiction Fix 09, Mark Ari, Kate Kaiser, Alison Bergblom Johnson, Jewel Beth Davis, Margarita Meklina, Mathieu Asselin, Chris Mccann, Sanjukta Shams, Jane Hertenstein, Alysha Hoffa, Alexis Wilson, Jeff Baker, Geri Lipschultz, Leslie Tucker, Robbie Knopf, Justin Toole, Lis Anna Apr 2011

Fiction Fix 09, Mark Ari, Kate Kaiser, Alison Bergblom Johnson, Jewel Beth Davis, Margarita Meklina, Mathieu Asselin, Chris Mccann, Sanjukta Shams, Jane Hertenstein, Alysha Hoffa, Alexis Wilson, Jeff Baker, Geri Lipschultz, Leslie Tucker, Robbie Knopf, Justin Toole, Lis Anna

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Gravesend, William Boyle Jan 2011

Gravesend, William Boyle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Gravesend, a novel, is set predominantly in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, though there are several scenes that take place in a fictional upstate town called Hawk's Nest. The novel centers around three characters: Conway D'Innocenzio, Alessandra Biagini, and Eugene Calabrese. These characters are tied together by Ray Boy Calabrese, who has recently been released from prison for his role in the brutal death of Duncan D'Innocenzio, Conway's brother, sixteen years before. Ray Boy returns and Conway, twenty-nine and working at Rite Aid, seeks revenge. Alessandra, a failed actress who has been in Los Angeles for a decade and has …