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The Spinners' Tales, Sierra N. Offutt
The Spinners' Tales, Sierra N. Offutt
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
“The Spinners’ Tales” is a loosely connected story collection exploring the lives of a variety of supernaturally gifted characters, referred to within their own community as Spinners.
Dark Smoke Rising, Matthew Knutson
Dark Smoke Rising, Matthew Knutson
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A collection of short fiction set in and around Southern California.
Sixth Form, Adrienne Barton
Sixth Form, Adrienne Barton
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The ten stories in this short story collection explore the liminal spaces created by certain physical spaces as well as times in the characters’ lives. The stories are largely related to a school environment, and the relationships and experiences that are unique to the players living and moving within that context. How much are the relationships and actions of the characters influenced by the setting. What weight do institutional forces and tradition carry in the characters’ lives, and how do they exploit it for their own will or conform?
The First Rule Of Improv, John M. Gilder
The First Rule Of Improv, John M. Gilder
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The First Rule of Improv is a collection of fictional short stories concerned with loss, life’s unfairness, the weight of the past, and how people succeed or fail in coping. Each story explores these notions through its characters, who vary wildly in terms of both dramatic severity and success in the face of adversity, with the first rule of improv—to accept and build—being suggested by the author as the healthiest manner of approach, if not necessarily the easiest.
How We Live Today And Other Stories, Gregory W. Rohloff
How We Live Today And Other Stories, Gregory W. Rohloff
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
How We Live Today is a collection of stories about family connections and the process of making amends to keep a family whole. The families are not just traditional families, but also arrangements constructed out of necessity, circumstance, or convenience. The title story tells how a man ends a lengthy divide with a stepmother for the sake of her, his son, and ultimately himself. We see adolescents do the right thing in their circumstances at the risk of losing peer standing or to avert future social damage. An older golfer encourages a younger golfer, easing guilt but realizing that respect …
Philadelphia Stories, Leigh A. Stuart
Philadelphia Stories, Leigh A. Stuart
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
These stories provide a look at a Philadelphia family over decades.
Crossroads And Crow Feathers, Travis E. Bowman
Crossroads And Crow Feathers, Travis E. Bowman
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This thesis uses the short story form to examine the influence of myth, magick, and the supernatural on the interstitial areas of the United States. The power of words as a force for change figures prominently in these stories. This thesis looks at the monstrous as it moves in the darkness and in the minds of humans, but also at the tremendous depths of compassion and courage we find in ourselves when faced with monstrous situations.
Debris, Daniel Sutter
North Of Almost Everything, Joseph Kelly
North Of Almost Everything, Joseph Kelly
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Lockwood To Elgin, Bryan Washington
Lockwood To Elgin, Bryan Washington
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A linked collection featuring a young gay man -- the son of a black mother and a Mexican father -- coming of age in contemporary Houston.
Play Dead, Ann Hackett
Play Dead, Ann Hackett
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Sense And Sensibility: A Sermon On Living The Examined Life, Sarah J. Mejias
Sense And Sensibility: A Sermon On Living The Examined Life, Sarah J. Mejias
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Jane Austen’s novels remain an essential component of the literary canon, but her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, is frequently neglected. However, in Sense and Sensibility is the genesis of Austen’s technique through which her major characters cultivate and reveal a strong inner life, demonstrated through the character of Elinor Dashwood. This technique is a characteristic she incorporates in each of her succeeding novels. Her approach to literature centers on the interiority of her characters and their ability to change, but it her first novel Austen takes a unique approach. Following the structure of an eighteenth-century sermon, Austen …
Can't Blame A Girl For Trying, Emily Capdeville
Can't Blame A Girl For Trying, Emily Capdeville
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Whatever It Is We're Competing For, Ferris W. Mcdaniel
Whatever It Is We're Competing For, Ferris W. Mcdaniel
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
N/A
The Montagnards, Jarred J. Marlatt
The Montagnards, Jarred J. Marlatt
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Chaos Management, Terrance Gutberlet
Chaos Management, Terrance Gutberlet
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
N/A
Rampant Love, Erica F. Deveer
Rampant Love, Erica F. Deveer
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Cunning Folk, Erin N. Wylie
The Cunning Folk, Erin N. Wylie
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
N/A
The Sins Of The Mothers, Sylvia Johns Schneller M.D.
The Sins Of The Mothers, Sylvia Johns Schneller M.D.
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In The Sins of the Mothers, the main character, Bridgette, suffers a mental breakdown after the death of her three-month-old baby, Celeste, from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). She develops severe obsessive-compulsive disorder with the delusion that the child is trapped in Limbo because she was never baptized. The delusion haunts Bridgette, and she suffers brief dissociative episodes with visual hallucinations. Bridgette hears of a church in Provence where, according to a seventeenth century legend, children who died without baptism returned briefly to life under the intersession of Saint Pantaleon were baptized and gained heaven. She decides to exhume Celeste’s …
Father And Mother Songs, Heather Fowler
Father And Mother Songs, Heather Fowler
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A collection of stories submitted by Heather Fowler for receipt of an MFA degree in Summer 2015.
The First Foretelling, Cynthia M. Davidson
The First Foretelling, Cynthia M. Davidson
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This is an original work. It is a full length novel. The main character is Zeso Eliza Greylin.
The Isle Of Flightless Birds: A Concise History, Carin Chapman
The Isle Of Flightless Birds: A Concise History, Carin Chapman
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
N/A
The Wolves Of Gehenna, John H. Shinholser
The Wolves Of Gehenna, John H. Shinholser
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A novel by JS Harlow. Mattock Corwin, a young man living in the vampire ruled kingdom of Gehenna, discovers that he is a mage and must escape the land of his birth before the rulers of his land destroy him as a potential threat to their power.
A Sister's Mythology, Robin Baudier
A Sister's Mythology, Robin Baudier
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Bend Against The Wind, Sidney W. Meilleur
Bend Against The Wind, Sidney W. Meilleur
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
N/A
Some New Place, Nicole Mayeux
Some New Place, Nicole Mayeux
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Glasgow And Other Stories, Hannah Choi
Glasgow And Other Stories, Hannah Choi
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
It's Good To See You're Awake, Maurice C. Ruffin
It's Good To See You're Awake, Maurice C. Ruffin
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is a short story collection set primarily New Orleans and focuses on the subject of fathers and sons. It explores the effect that the absence of a father figure or the presence of an unsuitable father may have on boys and men. The stories are literary fiction.
Best Laid Plans And Other Betrayals, Kimberly Clouse
Best Laid Plans And Other Betrayals, Kimberly Clouse
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
You're Among Friends, Denise Dirks
You're Among Friends, Denise Dirks
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.