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That He May Raise, Armond Joseph Boudreaux Dec 2011

That He May Raise, Armond Joseph Boudreaux

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This dissertation is a work of fiction written during the author's time as a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi.


Cryptid, Phillip Jarett Underwood May 2010

Cryptid, Phillip Jarett Underwood

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Cryptid is a term from the field of cryptozoology, which ostensibly presents itself as the study of creatures that may or may not exist, such as – but not limited to – Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Jersey Devil. The term itself, cryptid, refers to one of these unknown creatures. The novella presented here concerns a half-Native American man and his struggle to know not only his dead parents, but himself and his place in the world. While cryptids play a minor role within the boundaries of the narrative itself, the novella concerns itself more with the ways …