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Strange Places, Alex James Morris Aug 2011

Strange Places, Alex James Morris

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Strange Places is a collection of short stories and short shorts written during my time at The University of Southern Mississippi. Set primarily in Akron, Ohio, the stories in this collection explore a range of themes, such as trauma, death, alienation, social class, and the struggle to connect to others. This collection is preceded by a critical introduction.


Marathon, Ohio, Alan Guido Rossi Jr. May 2008

Marathon, Ohio, Alan Guido Rossi Jr.

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Marathon, Ohio is an original collection of fiction, accompanied by a critical introduction. All of the stories were written between 2005 and 2008 at the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers. The stories are arranged for a thematic and formal effect, rather than by chronology.