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Coffins And Conditioner, Mackenzie Scott
Coffins And Conditioner, Mackenzie Scott
Graduate Thesis Collection
Coffins and Conditioner is part one of a modern fantasy story follows a latine, nonbinary hairdresser named Mura Saiz whose entire clientele consists of supernatural entities like werewolves, vampires, and fae. When a fight breaks out in their salon and catches the attention of a new surveillance program meant to destroy those very same supernatural entities, Mura realizes that they must give up their own peace of mind and physical safety to protect their clients. During their journey, Mura must learn how to juggle the secrets they keep within the salon with their now-suspicious chosen family while also making time …
Our Author Is Crazy, Zani A. Meaders
Our Author Is Crazy, Zani A. Meaders
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This thesis delves into the realm of young adult (YA) fantasy literature, exploring how its meta-narrative elements, fast-paced story beats, and relatable characters can facilitate the acquisition of healthy coping mechanisms among its readers. In the preface, I discuss the importance of providing YA audiences with narratives that not only entertain but also serve as tools for navigating the complexities of adolescence. Drawing upon psychological theories and literary analysis, I argue that meta-awareness in YA fantasy can offer readers a unique perspective on their own struggles and encourage them to develop resilience and coping skills.
The accompanying YA Fantasy story …
Deal With A Dead Man, Afton Reed
Deal With A Dead Man, Afton Reed
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
The Value of Fantasy in Exploring Intangibles
Often, a story is sparked because of asking the question, “what if?” which is what happened to create the hydra that is Deal with a Dead Man. Two percolating ideas happened to coincide, and eventually crashed together. Early on, it began when I was introduced to the Russian fairytale of Koschei the Deathless and his fear of death, but inability to enjoy life. Over the past year, my family experienced several deaths, one tragically early, and another of ripe old age. My fascination with the fairytale grew as I watched myself and family …
Winter's Threads., Andrew Wesley Messer
Winter's Threads., Andrew Wesley Messer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
WINTER’S THREADS is a fiction novel set in a world of fantasy and wonder, largely inspired by the works of such auspicious and acclaimed writers as JRR Tolkien and Andrezj Sapkowski. The fantastical setting allows the reader to view a mystic world that deals with the humanity and beauty found in all things, utilizing pastoral imagery and humanistic language. The goals of this novel are to create an enticing world with magic and lore, as well as a compelling and relevant narrative that tackles themes of injustice, family, and duty. Challenging the racial essentialism that can often be present in …
The Oracle Of The Pig's Head, Taylor L. Denton
The Oracle Of The Pig's Head, Taylor L. Denton
LSU Master's Theses
The Oracle of the Pig’s Head is a collection of two poems, a short story, and a novel centered around themes of the role of the feminine body in society, monstrosity, disgust, divinity, and human impact on the environment. Inspired by other works of eco-criticism, gothic literature, surrealism, Appalachian folklore, and Greco-Roman mythology, this collection explores how marginalized bodies interact in a world forever altered by climate change.
Denton is primarily interested in how severe climate change has influenced not only human’s overall relationship to the environment, but also how writers are meant to engage with a world riddled with …
Twisted Threads: A Novel And Exploration Of Fraternity Culture And Race, Christian S. Golden
Twisted Threads: A Novel And Exploration Of Fraternity Culture And Race, Christian S. Golden
Senior Theses
Twisted Threads: A Novel and Exploration of Fraternity Culture and Race is a project that seeks to explore questions about race and brotherhood through the lens of the urban fantasy genre. It is the first ten chapters of a full-length fantasy novel and can be considered the first half of the planned novel. The Introduction details some of my influences, both literary and cultural, as well as the thought process behind much of the worldbuilding in my manuscript. It also details some of the research that was conducted to help build accurate allegories and allusions. The novel follows a black …
The Wanderer's Parable, Zeph William Watkins
The Wanderer's Parable, Zeph William Watkins
Senior Projects Spring 2024
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
Ascopaesthesia, William Thaddeus Fink
Ascopaesthesia, William Thaddeus Fink
Senior Projects Spring 2024
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
The Journal Of Dr. Harold Mccourt, Simon W. S. Horan
The Journal Of Dr. Harold Mccourt, Simon W. S. Horan
Senior Projects Spring 2024
This journal details a certain man's mission to understand an odd book.
The Quiet And Other Fantastical Tales, Emily Nicole Cerda
The Quiet And Other Fantastical Tales, Emily Nicole Cerda
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis briefly discusses the genres and subgenres of speculative fiction—focusing on fantasy, horror, and science fiction—and is primarily a short story collection that also includes a few novel chapters. The critical introduction delves into the present and overly complex subgenre categorization methods, how and why new subgenres are created, and provides simple definitions for the main genres of speculative fiction and fantasy subgenres.
The subgenres that will be discussed through either a short story, novel chapter(s), or definition include, but are not limited to: fairytales, portal fantasy, paranormal romance, dark fantasy, historical fantasy, magical realism, epic fantasy, mythic fiction, …
The Black Garden, Madalene Klocke
The Black Garden, Madalene Klocke
Theses
“The Black Garden” is a novel-length fantasy fiction work. It follows the narrative of Ryan, an 18-year-old girl, who has great expectations for what her first year at university will hold. Her entire world view is tilted when she attends a party with her new roommate, Blair, and wakes up in an unfamiliar place. Ryan must fight to keep her sanity as she is thrust into the world of faeries, witches, and far worse creatures than she could have ever imagined: including her parents.
Caelum, Alexandra Requena
Caelum, Alexandra Requena
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Caelum is a story about the hidden struggles of mental health told in an alternating chapter format that explores the journey of two characters: an angel, Tacenda, who seeks revenge on Mr. Mystical -an unloving God- and Dorian, a human, who is trying to find his place in life. The two
experience parallel situations where they explore their emotions and reactions to life while Mr. Mystical makes everything much more complicated. Tacenda, however, has other plans, and seeks Dorian for help defeating those who have turned against him, causing his demise. As the story progresses and alternates between Tacenda’s quest …
The Exile's War, Stephen Edwards Arnold
The Exile's War, Stephen Edwards Arnold
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
In Gaelwyn, the village of a thousand stories, Katchan receives a powerful ruby and an ancient technique called writing hidden by his grandmother, Maggaline. Jealous of the power Katchan has, the village Elder seeks to destroy him. After escaping the Elder, Katchan must leave his home and traverse a dangerous and mysterious wasteland that will lead him directly into an ancient conflict that lost a powerful empire to the sands of time.
The Jubilant City Almanac: Stories, Azaria Brown
The Jubilant City Almanac: Stories, Azaria Brown
Graduate Thesis Collection
The Jubilant City Almanac is a collection of short stories set in the magical Jubilant City, a city founded by a group of Black women in 1736. These stories bridge the whimsical and magical with the realities of poverty, classicism, addiction, abuse and health disparities. “Got His Alligator” follows the journey of two codependent addicts as they try to get their fashion designs onto Jubilant City’s premiere drama, Girl, Please. The characters in “Carbon Copy” use a magical phone to bring Denzel Washington to the city. “Jeremiah the Conqueror” summons Black American folk legend, High John. THrough an exploration of …
Strange Beginnings, Lincoln-Abdullah Hasan El-Amin
Strange Beginnings, Lincoln-Abdullah Hasan El-Amin
Graduate Thesis Collection
"Strange Beginnings" is a short story collection consisting of four short stories. Some of these stories go together and some stand alone. All of them aim to evoke something in the reader, whether it be shock, joy, unsettledness, or something more.
Lady Winters, Madeline Ice
Lady Winters, Madeline Ice
Student Research Submissions
Lady Winters is a young adult fantasy novella based in a world of royalty and assassins. The line between good and evil should be clear but recent events have blurred them. In the shadows, lurks a darkness that seeks to change the course of history.
In a futuristic kingdom, Lady Celestia Winters inherits debt and a kill list following the death of her parents. She takes over her mother’s position as an Academy Assassin and uses her training to work towards paying off the family debt. In charge of her assignments is the infamous Headmistress and Celestia’s newest target is …
Mountains In The Deep, Andy Strauss
Mountains In The Deep, Andy Strauss
Honors Theses
When Evan, prince of the Fourth Quadrant, sees a vision of a ghost-like crown hovering over his father's head, he is sent on a dangerous mission to face the mystical shadow beast ravaging his kingdom--the same beast that has marked him as its prey and that will stop at nothing to hunt him down.
The Perpetual Harvest, Joseph Cifelli
The Perpetual Harvest, Joseph Cifelli
Senior Theses and Projects
My intention for this project was to create a fantasy setting that, in presenting pieces of itself, from oblique angles, opens up the world to stories and myths beyond those I’ve provided. The foundation is the introductory guide, which details the primary social, economic, and supernatural mechanisms of the setting. The following stories are meant to play off the guide, exploring tones, voices, and plots implied or ignored by its limited perspective. I was heavily inspired by Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher short story collections, which blend the magic and mundane aspects of fantasy beautifully.
Zara And The Strong Gauntlets, Donnell Earl Griffith
Zara And The Strong Gauntlets, Donnell Earl Griffith
Selected Full-Text Master Theses 2021-
My creative fiction thesis, Zara and the Strong Gauntlets, is the first part of a full length novel in the fantasy genre. The story follows Zara, a servant to a high member of society which she spends every day serving. Zara’s world is turned upside down when she walks into her master’s assassination. Zara is tossed out of her home, and with nowhere left to turn, tries to find a way to be able to stand up on her own two feet, and through her trials, discover a sense of self that will determine her new path in life.
After …
Tales By Hearthlight, Ronald Pizzini
Tales By Hearthlight, Ronald Pizzini
West Chester University Master’s Theses
The following pages are a collection of short stories that fit together to tell the story of a world in peril and a manic wizard doing his best. My ultimate goal is to publish my first novel, and while these stories should work independently of each other, they will also serve as the foundation for a much longer work.
Heritole, Rayelle Damarus Cato
Heritole, Rayelle Damarus Cato
Senior Projects Spring 2023
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
This project is the first few chapters of my novel in progress titled “Heritole”. The story is in the perspective of Nia Sinclair telling the story of when she attended her first year of Datiam Academy, one of the most prestigious schools for (Obsidite) witches. With the help of her new friends, Devyn and Medora, they help her navigate her first year and prepare for The Game, a competition where witches face off to see who is the best witch amongst them. Nia must make the decision …
A Perfect Escape: Fantasy, Place And Narrative In Adolescence, Cydney Cherepak
A Perfect Escape: Fantasy, Place And Narrative In Adolescence, Cydney Cherepak
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
This essay explores the realms of special places, the literary genre of fantasy, narrative, and comics. These topics are traversed alongside subjects of adolescence and the creation of stories for middle-grade readers. Framed with personal stories, as well as peaks into my process, I investigate these subjects through the lens of my own life and work, specifically my thesis project, a comic for middle-grade readers titled Beyond the Castle Walls. Beginning with adolescence in association with special places, I consider the work of developmental psychologists David Sobel and Edith Cobb as they pin-point the role of secret forts, nature, …
We Take Back The Moon, Zoey Jean Adam
We Take Back The Moon, Zoey Jean Adam
Selected Full-Text Master Theses 2021-
My creative manuscript, tentatively known as We Take Back the Moon, is an in-progress fantasy novel in verse. Set in a world not like our own where the only bipedal inhabitants are elves, it is a tale of two best friends contending with a society where those who lack the ability to use magic are sentenced to the Colony—essentially a prison camp. Chkal, one of the protagonists, was a child prodigy in magic and still lives in the Capital, while her best friend, Esari, was sent away at age thirteen to the Colony. The story follows Chkal’s struggle with her …
An Attempted Liberation Of The Soul, Nicholas Galluzzi
An Attempted Liberation Of The Soul, Nicholas Galluzzi
Senior Projects Spring 2022
A fictional fantastical story set in a magical post-apocalypse, about the perspective character Constantine, who hears a voice in his head one day, telling him to improve his situation and run away from the responsibilities his dystopia has given him. In the resulting journey, trust and moral certainty are the most valuable resources.
Nectar Of The Sleepless Dead, Grace Frances Mcnally
Nectar Of The Sleepless Dead, Grace Frances Mcnally
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College
Nectar of the Sleepless Dead is a retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone set in the world of a Gothic monster novel where godhood comes at a high price and many seek their immortality through unsavory means. The social order of Olympia is thrown into chaos when Hades, the greatly feared ruler of the Necropolis, makes his first public appearance since wartime with unknown motives. Kore, daughter of Demeter, has been living a double life under the pseudonym "Persephone" and soon finds herself caught …
The Curiosociety, Luke G. Smith
The Curiosociety, Luke G. Smith
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
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Writing Black Characters Out Of The Margins Of Fantasy With Secrets Of Candeo, Julienne Parks
Writing Black Characters Out Of The Margins Of Fantasy With Secrets Of Candeo, Julienne Parks
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
The crawling pace that the production of diverse fantasy books has set for itself continues to reveal that Black characters and the representation of Blackness in fiction is lacking in a detrimental way. Specifically speaking, this thesis focuses on the prevalent lack of Black characters in the fantasy genre, where Black people are cast as minor characters to a white protagonist’s story like Angela Johnson from Harry Potter; cast as abominations of anti-Black stereotypes in monsters like the Uruk-hai of Lord of the Rings; and cast as side(kick) characters like Vetch from Earthsea, aka Black characters who are …
Forgotten Things: A Historian's Tale, Mary Jackson
Forgotten Things: A Historian's Tale, Mary Jackson
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects
Forgotten Things: A Historian’s Tale is a story of a post-human world where magic and creatures of lore have taken sovereignty over the land, following the adventures of Aster, a small flower elf whose job is to travel and document the residual traces of humanity. Every crumbling building, decaying record, and seemingly useless bauble of humanity tells a story, one that Aster is trying to find the conclusion to. One day, rumors start to circulate. Whispers that there might still be humans hidden away somewhere. Aster is thrilled about this, hoping that she might be able to talk with a …
The Portal Of Orion, Lauren Elizabeth Owens
The Portal Of Orion, Lauren Elizabeth Owens
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Portal of Orionis a science fiction novel that centers on Rigel Barnard, a novice inventor who has been in self-isolation for years after a failed college presentation caused his friend and work partner, Jericho Slate, to be transported into another universe. Rigel is currently trying to bring his friend back by recreating the device that went awry and sent Jericho into an unknown dimension. Along the way, Rigel teams up with Archer, a mysterious stranger he finds floating in space, and Lyra, a teenage girl with an interest in magical studies.They aim to help him as much as …
The Bannerlight Sanctuary, Sydney Anderson
The Bannerlight Sanctuary, Sydney Anderson
Honors Projects
This is a fantasy novel about four heroes who are tasked with saving a city from a deadly threat just outside its walls. It's set in the Mesoamerican inspired land of Atrea and is led by a full cast of LGBT+ characters.