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Full-Text Articles in Creative Writing
The Survivors, Abigale Ralston
The Survivors, Abigale Ralston
Honors Theses
Set over 100 years in the future, this story follows the lives of teenagers Alex, Leon, and Paige. The world has been destroyed. In order to survive, humanity has had to learn how to survive in space, in a vehicle called simply The Ship. Lately, however, Alex and his friends have noticed problems occurring on The Ship, indicating a disaster may be imminent. Alex, Leon, and Paige are now tasked with finding the causes of the problems and saving the last of humanity from extinction.
Lady Winters, Madeline Ice
Lady Winters, Madeline Ice
Student Research Submissions
Lady Winters is a young adult fantasy novella based in a world of royalty and assassins. The line between good and evil should be clear but recent events have blurred them. In the shadows, lurks a darkness that seeks to change the course of history.
In a futuristic kingdom, Lady Celestia Winters inherits debt and a kill list following the death of her parents. She takes over her mother’s position as an Academy Assassin and uses her training to work towards paying off the family debt. In charge of her assignments is the infamous Headmistress and Celestia’s newest target is …
The Dazzled Rope Of Lightning Against The Cloud Is Not The Downward Bolt But The Compelled Upstroke Through The Heated Ether: Stories, Jack S. Muth
Senior Projects Fall 2023
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
By The Rivers Of Babylon We Sat Down And Wept, Sarah Ann Hudes
By The Rivers Of Babylon We Sat Down And Wept, Sarah Ann Hudes
Senior Projects Spring 2023
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
Novella, Sydney German
Novella, Sydney German
Student Research Submissions
This paper was written for ENGL 470B:1 – Seminar: Creative Writing Fiction under the instruction of Dr. Ray Levy, and the project is titled Novella while the story is called Unforeseeable. It is an 11,000-word sensational, suspenseful psychological fiction about Ava Reed, a 22-year-old woman, who is on a search for independence and freedom from her small town. The story begins by immediately diving into the scene of a murder with Ava holding the weapon. From there, the story works backward to slowly reveal the motive and the true account of what took place that night. It focuses primarily …
An Imaginary Man, Benjamin Bouvet-Boisclair
An Imaginary Man, Benjamin Bouvet-Boisclair
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Novella about an American expat nicknamed Tintin and his search for intimacy in all the wrong places. While teaching English in South West France, Tintin struggles to confront his mother tongue, the deaths of his grandfather and great-grandfather, and the end of his long-distance relationship with Ela. Brushes with violence, French history, and other lonely, wayward men, frame an exploration of masculinity, desire, and loss.
Black-Eyed, Abigail Sipe
Black-Eyed, Abigail Sipe
Honors Theses
Black-Eyed tells the story of Rowan Mae Baker, a ten-year-old girl dealing with too-big-for-a-ten-year-old problems. In the past year, Rowan moved from Jackson to Winona after the unexpected arrest and sudden death of her father. Then, almost a year later, Rowan is sexually assaulted by an older boy from her school. Rowan understands neither of these things. Throughout Black-Eyed, Rowan spends twelve hours running away from home while trying to figure out how to talk to her mom about the assault. Alone for the first time, she begins to observe and question the world around her, to process her …
Miracle, Gabrielle Sullivan
Miracle, Gabrielle Sullivan
Honors College Theses
This original, speculative fiction novella follows Miracle Beckett, a young woman raised on a dying, climate-change ravaged Earth in an isolated religious cult. While she eventually escapes, she finds herself trapped in another deathtrap, abandoned by her crewmates on a spaceship that is rapidly running out of air. Struggling to reconcile her past with her present and her imminent death, Mira cannot avoid remembering everything she has tried to leave behind.
Engaging with sexual identity, religious trauma, and the difficulty found in reconciling the complexities of a left-behind existence, Miracle highlights the power of memory, friendship, and knowledge in guiding …
Artificial Magic, Tawny Ventura
Artificial Magic, Tawny Ventura
Senior Theses
This novella by Tawny Ventury emerged from a short story written for a creative writing course on speculative fiction.
A Mile And More: A Novella And A Reflection On Body-Swapping, De'avion Reid
A Mile And More: A Novella And A Reflection On Body-Swapping, De'avion Reid
Undergraduate Theses
The story takes place in a quiet town and follows two high school juniors, Jerome-Tyler Hodges and McKenna McKinley. Having no prior affiliation with one another, Jerome and McKenna find themselves caught in the predicament of having switched bodies after an unforeseen comet crashes on the roof of their high school. Not wanting to attract the wrong kind of attention, the two decide to weather the storm and spend some time in each other’s shoes, in hopes of the issue resolving itself. Despite living in the same town and going to the same school, Jerome and McKenna have lived different …
Hello, Olive, Bec Braly
Hello, Olive, Bec Braly
Honors Theses
Mia Bailey is forced to live as someone she’s not. Fighting her way back to her own life, she unearths some dark secrets about her family.
Only With Thine Eyes, Morgan Mcivor Bowser
That Belongs To Me, Ellie Anne Greenberger
That Belongs To Me, Ellie Anne Greenberger
Honors Theses
A collection of fictional short stories and a novella that explores family relationships, specifically female family relationships that span across generational lines and what we inherit from our families whether intentional or unintentional. (Under the direction of Tom Franklin)
Asteraceae, Rachel G. Lyons
Asteraceae, Rachel G. Lyons
Senior Projects Fall 2020
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
A Citrus Wildfire, Mark Anthony Lopez
A Citrus Wildfire, Mark Anthony Lopez
Theses and Dissertations
An American Dream forged by greed. A family caught in the middle of a race war. A young boy trying to learn how to be a man. A Citrus Wildfire is a fiction novella that tells the story of a Mexican family struggling to survive in the Rio Grande Valley after their only source of income burns down, and the lengths they must go to in order to get the life they were promised.
A small preface from the author proceeds the work. This novella is inspired by many different authors and educators, as well as the Rio Grande Valley …
Thawra, Olivia Snow Smith
Thawra, Olivia Snow Smith
Senior Projects Spring 2019
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
Stories From Elsewhere: A Novella, Andrew Crook
Stories From Elsewhere: A Novella, Andrew Crook
Honors Theses
It's certainly rare to see people with animal heads while walking down the street, but it has been known to happen. On the occasions when a person does see someone with an animal head, they think something along the lines of, "Oh, what a quaint performer!" or something equally as posh and oblivious. Peter, however, was a man who didn't trust his own reasoning. Not if he could help it. So, when he happened to see a person with an animal head while walking down the street one fine Saturday, he paid attention. There it was, down the alley: a …
The Place Where All Ends Meet, Benjamin Long
The Place Where All Ends Meet, Benjamin Long
Student Theses and Dissertations
A novella.
Dear Me, Hannah Patricia Farley
Dear Me, Hannah Patricia Farley
MSU Graduate Theses
This collection of fiction includes short stories and a partial novella. A critical introduction provides background on the author’s writing and a theoretical framework as it pertains to the fiction highlighted in this thesis. The works presented explore aspects of genre fiction including magical realism, absurdism, and the bildungsroman. The partial novella relies heavily on epistolary form, confessional style entries, and continuous stream of action. The main characters of the included works serve as focal points which address themes of family life, addiction, mental illness, minority languages, and voice.
We Are The Bobcats, Jacquelyn Mohan
We Are The Bobcats, Jacquelyn Mohan
English Theses & Dissertations
We are the Bobcats is a novella that follows a group of high school seniors as they undergo the loss of two of their peers. Its central themes include grief, guilt, loss, and the complications between the three in the aftermath of tragedy. The story also concerns ideas of group identity, individualism, and the disparity between external presentation and internal struggles.
Anxiously Awaiting: A Novella, Alexander Bartlow
Anxiously Awaiting: A Novella, Alexander Bartlow
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Throughout my childhood and secondary education growing up in rural Indiana, I found that, in a town of less than 2,000 people, mental illness and teenage suicide were all too common. Upon researching the sad state of mental healthcare in rural America, I felt obliged to bring light in my Honors thesis to the overlooked and under-treated thoughts that plague the minds of adolescents experiencing depression, anxiety, and suicidal contemplation. In this fiction novella, I follow the life of Lincoln Phillips, a 14-year-old boy who lives with anxiety in an unchanging, inescapable town that stigmatizes mental illness. He experiences the …
The Damsel Can Rescue Herself: Subverting Common Literary Tropes Of The Fantasy Genre, Melissa N. Hurlburt
The Damsel Can Rescue Herself: Subverting Common Literary Tropes Of The Fantasy Genre, Melissa N. Hurlburt
Honors Theses and Capstones
This thesis consists of a fantasy novella. A character-driven work, it focuses on internal conflicts rather than the external conflicts and grand, sweeping plotlines that are typical of fantasy novels. Taye is an aerial performer with the king’s circus troupe, Corracha. She is also the vigilante Saorsa, a figure who fights against the injustices the king of Monadh inflicts upon the kingdom’s immigrants. A young woman haunted by her past and struggling to make something of herself in a male-dominated society, she must confront her inner demons when she is injured during a performance. She relies on her best friend …
The View From The House By The Ocean, Chloe Maxine Scala
The View From The House By The Ocean, Chloe Maxine Scala
Senior Projects Spring 2018
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
The Year Two Thousand, Emily Cahill
The Year Two Thousand, Emily Cahill
Senior Theses and Projects
A senior thesis exploring the confluence of the Columbine Massacre, Y2K, and terrorism in the lives of three young adults.
Snake Eyes, Abigail Rose Freaney
Snake Eyes, Abigail Rose Freaney
Senior Projects Spring 2017
A novella about a family roadtrip that takes a detour through one of the Mojave's darker dimensions.
The Cliff, Beatrice Ann Wedd
The Cliff, Beatrice Ann Wedd
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
This Sleep Of Reason., Brit Thompson
This Sleep Of Reason., Brit Thompson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This creative thesis encompasses two features: 1) a critical component that contextualizes and supports the second component, 2) a short Southern Gothic novella. Critical analyses of Flannery O’Connor’s fiction and discourse about the genre illustrate where inspiration was drawn, and how the project’s creative component contributes to this genre. The project explores anxieties of displacement, isolation, and a stuck-in-the-past-temporality, as shown through the vessel of characters’ houses. The novella is decentralized in form and point-of-view—fragmentary excerpts of technological communications are utilized to illustrate how the protagonist’s problems are literally always on hand. The project argues that because the south remains …
Alsobrook, Harvey S. Bartlett Iii
Alsobrook, Harvey S. Bartlett Iii
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
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16-Bit Ghouls: A Novella, Alyssa M. Bersine
16-Bit Ghouls: A Novella, Alyssa M. Bersine
All NMU Master's Theses
This novella follows twenty-something phone psychic and recluse, Jane, whose dead brother haunts her Super Nintendo. When he prompts Jane to find his killer, she must learn how to navigate a world where he is absent. Jane struggles not only with the ghost, but also with letting go of the nostalgia and anxiety that prevent her from moving on with her life. 16-Bit Ghouls is a story about grief and growing-up.
Following The Androscoggin, Molly I. Parent
Following The Androscoggin, Molly I. Parent
Senior Theses and Projects
Following the Androscoggin is a historical fiction novella that takes place during one summer in the 1950s. It follows a fifteen-year-old named Tommy and his parents after they’ve moved from Massachusetts to the mill town of Lewiston, Maine. It is told in retrospect by a much-older Tommy, who reflects on the oppressive elements that were at play in the structure of his family, particularly during the summer when they all tried to find their way in a new town. Through Tommy’s recounting of his story, we also learn about the ethnic tensions of ‘50s Lewiston concerning the Franco-American population, and …