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A Bag Of Marbles, Cora Saddler
A Bag Of Marbles, Cora Saddler
Honors Theses
A short story collection that takes inspiration from the magical mundanities of everyday life.
To Be Haunted: A Collection Of Short Stories, Kallye Smith
To Be Haunted: A Collection Of Short Stories, Kallye Smith
Honors Theses
This thesis is a work of collected pieces of fiction that seek to explore what it means to be haunted. By exploring the concept of ghosts, the pieces in this collection attempt to take a fresh approach to the traditional paranormal story.
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)
Our Stories, Paige Wright
Our Stories, Paige Wright
Honors Theses
My first memory of feeling absolute and utter horror stems from my father. You have to understand, my father is a large man who, in the right light, is terrifying to a small child. This first memory is from a few days before Halloween. My parents had just bought some of those colored, spooky bulbs (they may have been purple or orange or red, in truth, I cannot remember) and were trying them out in the living room. I simply remember coming down the hallway—I may have been four or five, we definitely still had the dark, 70s style paneling …
Two Makes A Couple: Fictions On Intimacy, Alyssa C. Conner, Jessica Richardson
Two Makes A Couple: Fictions On Intimacy, Alyssa C. Conner, Jessica Richardson
Honors Theses
This portfolio of fictional short stories was created through the inspiration from constraints drawn from various published short stories. Constraints are a literary technique in which the writer is bound to certain elements or inspires a pattern within a work of writing. Each short story takes place in contemporary society and within the pieces, intimate moments between two individuals are explored throughout. This portfolio, through symbolic language, examines the relationship between our identities and our closest alliances, whether those are our romantic partners, platonic partners, or siblings.
Let Them Eat Cake, Courtney Yeager
Let Them Eat Cake, Courtney Yeager
Honors Theses
My mother has always said she belongs in the kitchen. Sure, she voted in presidential elections and wasn’t surprised when I, as a seventh-grader, mentioned that Elizabeth Cady Stanton wanted all moms to find a real job. But whenever I glanced up at my childhood home, tucked neatly into the hillside towering over town, I envisioned my mother dicing zucchini or fingering the grout between counter tiles as she pored over hardback cookbooks, turning pages as delicately as she would crack an egg.