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Big Nothing: A Story About Bicycles And The Girls Who Ride Them In The Heart Of West Texas, Keziah Staska Dec 2020

Big Nothing: A Story About Bicycles And The Girls Who Ride Them In The Heart Of West Texas, Keziah Staska

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Their one-way road trip had started the day before when they left their home in San Bernardino for the final time. Paisley was afraid of moving away from the city she grew up in, but not for the same reasons many children her age would be. . So, her social life wasn’t her primary concern when it came time to abandon her home. Instead, she was afraid to leave San Bernardino because she had memorized all the perfect bike routes within a thirty-mile radius. On the other, the fear that their new home would have insufficient routes and roads compared …


Billion-Dollar Bride: Book 1—Godric's Academy For Young Ladies, Kaylin N. Stickley Dec 2020

Billion-Dollar Bride: Book 1—Godric's Academy For Young Ladies, Kaylin N. Stickley

MSU Graduate Theses

This thesis contains the first five chapters of a young adult romance novel featuring a young woman named Theadosia Lee. The plot is heavily influenced by Cinderella, and the biblical braiding technique is heavily influenced by that of Kiera Cass and C. S. Lewis. The piece was inspired by my desire to create more young adult romance novels that contain the biblical values that are sorely lacking in most modern young adult literature. I seek to write a love story that is based on mutual respect, a strong foundation of friendship, and an intentional decision to avoid sexual activities …


It Must Have Been Your Eyes, Christian Vasquez Dec 2020

It Must Have Been Your Eyes, Christian Vasquez

Theses and Dissertations

This fiction book entails the story of a Mexican orphan girl, Mariana, who is propelled on to a journey to the U.S. along with her mysterious ability to see the future in people’s eyes. Her plight lands her on a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in Texas where she is forced to confront her fears and grow. In this surreal story that is based on true events, our times are reflected and even our future


Delivering Extinction, Tatum Cordy Dec 2020

Delivering Extinction, Tatum Cordy

Honors College Theses

Living during a human extinction is something no one is prepared for. No one thought humans would last this long. Even the sun dies eventually. A child’s drawing with a dripping smile. Sun rays heating soil into dust, melting metals, and large pine trees would light like matches. Smoke would rise into the air blocking out everything but the fires taking over the once livable landscape of Earth. Then, it would be over. The sun would explode. Simple and quick, painless for the few who wouldn’t try to resist their demise. Too bad humans were a few million years early. …


Children Of The Corn, Quetzali Lopez Nov 2020

Children Of The Corn, Quetzali Lopez

First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience

“Child of the Corn” was a short script inspired by my family’s taqueria in Chicago. The story is intended to be a light comedy, but still addresses the issues of gentrification happening in cultural communities. Xiomara and her little brother, Abel, are working at their family’s restaurant when they discover a new yuppie taco joint has opened up across the street. While Abel is excited to scope out the competition, Xiomara is concerned about how can affect her family’s work.


Nightworld, Susan Renee Falco Nov 2020

Nightworld, Susan Renee Falco

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Nightworld is a collection of short and flash fiction pieces exploring cycles of violence and redemption. Variations in the length and style are meant to create a formally experimental continuation of the Southern Gothic tradition. Mythic heroes from Robert Johnson to Shirley Temple populate this fictional landscape of musicians, acrobats, reverends, stray children, and wild animals. Predatory wildlife reflects on the inherent violence in biology. The title story follows a pair of musicians on a night when a near fatal overdose fails to provide a catalyst for change. In Nightworld, the characters choose the myth of the Self Destructive …


Seeds, Sophie Friis Oct 2020

Seeds, Sophie Friis

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Bedrock, Jordan Winiski Oct 2020

Bedrock, Jordan Winiski

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Enough, Ella Morton Oct 2020

Enough, Ella Morton

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Unoduhi, Brandon Barney Oct 2020

Unoduhi, Brandon Barney

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Golden Field, Caroline Bass Oct 2020

Golden Field, Caroline Bass

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Apple Trees, Zach Hughes Oct 2020

Apple Trees, Zach Hughes

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Untitled Ii, Kelsey Watkins Oct 2020

Untitled Ii, Kelsey Watkins

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Twenty Bucks For A Bus Ticket, Hailey Pierce Oct 2020

Twenty Bucks For A Bus Ticket, Hailey Pierce

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Mangled, Emily Lane Oct 2020

Mangled, Emily Lane

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Mice And Elephants, Sarah Dusek Oct 2020

Mice And Elephants, Sarah Dusek

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Shiny, Abbey Morelli Oct 2020

Shiny, Abbey Morelli

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Full Moon Stomach, Sarah Feingold Oct 2020

Full Moon Stomach, Sarah Feingold

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Voluptuous, Emily Lane Oct 2020

Voluptuous, Emily Lane

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I Am Become Tree, Hailey Pierce Oct 2020

I Am Become Tree, Hailey Pierce

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Before Quitting The Football Team, Zach Hughes Oct 2020

Before Quitting The Football Team, Zach Hughes

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Untitled, Kelsey Watkins Oct 2020

Untitled, Kelsey Watkins

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Fridge Poem, Michael Stillwell Oct 2020

Fridge Poem, Michael Stillwell

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To The Choirmaster, Olivia Corso Oct 2020

To The Choirmaster, Olivia Corso

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Alone At Night, Jacob Rabinovich Oct 2020

Alone At Night, Jacob Rabinovich

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Twinkle Toes, Emily Lane Oct 2020

Twinkle Toes, Emily Lane

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Tendencies, Abbey Morelli Oct 2020

Tendencies, Abbey Morelli

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Case Study, Virginia Wayt Oct 2020

Case Study, Virginia Wayt

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Thank You, Sarah Dusek Oct 2020

Thank You, Sarah Dusek

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Blue Octopot, Jackson Shaner Oct 2020

Blue Octopot, Jackson Shaner

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