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Select Life/Delete/New Page, Jeremy D. Scherer
Select Life/Delete/New Page, Jeremy D. Scherer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The novella Select Life/Delete/New Page" by Jeremy Scherer follows the story of Nopok, a young man who works in a computer lab while pursuing a political science degree. Lacking any direction in his academic or professional lives, Nopok suffers at home, where his parents use him and his brother Sammy as proxies to act out their obvious dysfunction. Nopok's only escape is his online life, where he finds meaning as a user on the gaming website Gamefaqs, where he provides people with gaming advice and fits into an odd, but endearing community of artists and gamers. When Nopok's mother threatens …
If You Can Believe It, Mary Elizabeth Cartwright
If You Can Believe It, Mary Elizabeth Cartwright
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
If You Can Believe Itis a novel of three female perspectives. Marla Morrow, Judith Pleasant, and Kassandra Henry are three women on the path of self-discovery in various ways. Set in a fictional town of Erusa, Kansas, this text explores both religious beliefs, the definition of motherhood, and what it means to love.If You Can Believe Itis fictional work that explores the craft of magical realism mixed with biblical origins. For example, Marla Morrow experiences a virgin pregnancy. Marla, Judith, and Kassandra experience both the real and the unexplainable, which in turn leads the three characters towards different paths yet …
Ties That Bind, Sarah Louise Slack
Ties That Bind, Sarah Louise Slack
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Ties that Bind is a collection of short stories that explores the lives of women. From physical danger that Rickie and her friends face in "The River's Children," to Maureen's emotional distress as she realizes she's losing her memory in "The Visit," from Mattie's work ethic as she tries to take her mother's responsibilities in "Keeping the Light," to Justine's struggle with unexpected pregnancy in "Here There Be Dragons," from Rae's confusion at her roommate's attitude in "The Tree that Holds the World," to Anya's temptation to suicide in "An Artist's eye," the first six stories stand alone and address …
Drowning Above Water, Ellen Jean Dunn
Drowning Above Water, Ellen Jean Dunn
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Drowning above Water is a historical novel set in the early 1970s in rural East Tennessee. Against the backdrop of the Little Tennessee River valley, Drowning above Water follows the story of Tesla “Tess” Bent and her family as they struggle to overcome the changes that are sweeping down upon them while keeping their family and veterinary clinic afloat. Tess’ journey takes her from her younger brother’s death to dealing with her mother’s depression and the impending dam which threatens their home, to ultimately coming into her own. Inspired by the work of James Herriot and by family history, Drowning …
How The Smokestack Grew So Big And Other Forgotten Stories, Matthew Krajniak
How The Smokestack Grew So Big And Other Forgotten Stories, Matthew Krajniak
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Apotheosis Blues, Brandon Christopher Dahlberg
Apotheosis Blues, Brandon Christopher Dahlberg
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Apothesosis Blues is a novel draft about a metoerite that crashes outside a small Mississippi town. The novel follows the life a newly married couple and an aging parent whom the couple cares for. The metoerite crash sets off a chain of events in the small town and various characters react to these in different ways.
Constellations, Erin Leigh Pounders
Constellations, Erin Leigh Pounders
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
AbstractConstellations consists of a collection of ten “linked” short stories. The short stories share the setting of Memphis, Tennessee and have recurring characters. Using realism, the stories attempt to examine the Modern American South, specifically Memphis. In this collection, the social milieu of the Old South, which is in its final throes, is explored, exploited, parodied, and sometimes honored. Focusing upon the characters of Garnet Pigeon and her daughter, Caroline, Constellations explores generational differences along with themes such as relationships between mothers and their children, class and social status, feminism, grief and loss, revenge, love, and the art of knowing …
Effects On Misinformation: The Role Of Perceived Realism And Transportation Into Fiction, Alyssa Nicole Blair
Effects On Misinformation: The Role Of Perceived Realism And Transportation Into Fiction, Alyssa Nicole Blair
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The present study investigated the role of individual differences in the acquisition of information from fictional texts. Using the established misinformation paradigm, information was embedded in implausible or plausible stories and framed in accurate, misleading, or neutral statements. Participants (N = 101) were asked ro read six stories and give ratings of perceived realism and transportation for each story and then complete a general knowledge test that included 36 target items. It was hypothesized that question difficulty, fact framing, and the plausibility of story context would all influence the amount of correct and incorrect information gathered from the stories but …
Mindset Perfect, Jeremy Eugene Sullivan
Mindset Perfect, Jeremy Eugene Sullivan
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Mindset Perfect is a short story collection about the residents who live in the fictional city of Lincoln, Mississippi. Centering mostly on the Moore family, this collection of stories explores themes like religion, gossip, death, and marriage. This collection gives readers an insight into what it is like to live in a small Southern town, where everyone tends to know everyone. Beginning with "Mr. Tansey's Daughter," a story about a prodigal child returning to her hometown after a long absence, and ending with "The Redemption of Donald McCoy," which features a life long resident of Lincoln finally leaving his hometown …
The Age Of Sail: Stories And A Novella, Elizabeth Marie Cameron
The Age Of Sail: Stories And A Novella, Elizabeth Marie Cameron
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The five works of fiction in this collection aim to examine the role of family as a unit of order, and the ways in which this order defines identity, determines and subverts behavior, tempers or inflates expectations, and substitutes domestic politics for socio-cultural realities. These stories feature characters bewildered by the fluid boundaries between the personal and the social, by how the sacrifices and mistakes made in the family alter their experience in the public sphere, and by how the sacrifices and mistakes made in the public sphere upend or destroy the family. The range of ages depicted highlights the …
The Hook: Stories, Jenny Miranda Lederer
The Hook: Stories, Jenny Miranda Lederer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The nine pieces of short fiction in this collection feature a group ofcharacters in transition: some caught between the easy magic of youth and the often painful discovery of complexity, others between deliberate stasis and queasy action. Their decisions in these moments will prove pivotal, with ramifications that echo for the remainder of their lives. The settings of these stories range the length of the East Coast from New Hampshire to Florida, often visiting places where the border between the wild and the tame becomes blurred: a campground, a rural farmhouse, a stretch of moonlit beach with the boundless ocean …
After The Burning: Excerpts And Stories, Pamala Rachel Ewing
After The Burning: Excerpts And Stories, Pamala Rachel Ewing
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection features short stories and two novel excerpts all dealing with flawed characters struggling to build and maintain meaningful connections with the people around them. Some of these characters fail while others succeed, although this success often takes a different form than the character anticipated. The stories take place in Mississippi and Tennessee and are infused with the troubled relationship with the past that so often marks literature set in the American south. While the individual pieces deal with a wide variety of situations and circumstances, the collection is united by a pervasive theme of loneliness, exploring the danger …
The Year Of The Myrrhbearers, Sarah Grace Romer
The Year Of The Myrrhbearers, Sarah Grace Romer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This novel examines the lives of the three Creighton women, Joanna, Bethany, and Maggie, during the year following Jeremiah Creighton's death. While grieving the loss of a husband and father, each woman also faces the questions regarding the suspicious circumstances of Jeremiah Creighton's fatal car accident. Joanna knows and learns secrets about her husband which she hides from her daughters for fear of the blame and guilt that will come. Bethany wants to fix her families problems by trying for children with her husband, Simon, in an attempt to turn pain into hope. Maggie avoids the adult responsibilites that her …
The First Thing To Go, Ashley Leigh Paige
The First Thing To Go, Ashley Leigh Paige
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection of loosely linked short stories predominately features young women at moments of change and transformation, who often feel lost and alienated from their homes, relationships and, often, their own bodies. Some of the young women struggle to determine if they have made the wisest decisions while others struggle to find the best solution to their situation. The stories take place in South Carolina, Boston, southwest Virginia, and central Alabama, with several characters showing up in multiple locales, exploring and illuminating feelings of displacement, or physical alienation. Relationships and connections, or the lack thereof, also play a large part …
Mothers And Mothers, Courtney Miller Santo
Mothers And Mothers, Courtney Miller Santo
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This novel closely examines the relationship between mothers and daughters through the prism of the Keller women, their olive grove, and their Northern California town. The youngest, Erin, arrives home carrying the child of her married lover. Her only objective is getting her mother, Deborah, paroled before the birth of the child. Deborah, in prison for killing her husband, has not spoken to her own mother, Calliope, in the twenty years she’s been incarcerated. Calliope, who lost her faith in a plane accident and gained an addiction to painkillers, struggles to overcome her disconnect and embrace an unlikely love, despite …
Monsters And Wedding Flowers, Andrew N. Sall
Monsters And Wedding Flowers, Andrew N. Sall
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This narrative comprised of short stories, essays, and sketches serves as the culmination of my work as a fiction writer in the MFA in the Memphis creative writing program. Although the materials in this text form a single, cohesive plot, each individual portion should stand on its own merits. I have attempted to establish certain themes that resonate throughout the collection and inform the emotional tone of the story.