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“Breakfast Shots” And Other Stories: Collected Fiction Of Joseph D. Haske, Joseph D. Haske
“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
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 …
The Long Road Home, Kim Mailes
The Long Road Home, Kim Mailes
Theses
The Long Road Home is the first half of a novel consisting of 113 pages of narrative prose divided into nine chapters. Fiction-writing techniques utilized include exposition, character development, and action. These techniques are designed to produce conflict within the protagonist. The rising action of the narrative reaches climax at the close of this document. This climax serves as the turning point for the continued development of the novel.
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 …
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
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
Fiction Fix
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Gravesend, William Boyle
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 …