Almost Touching, Almost Free,
2013
Western Michigan University
Almost Touching, Almost Free, Dustin M. Hoffman
Dissertations
This collection of stories delves into themes of the working class. These stories of working-class characters range from realism to fabulism to experimental, because the story of working-class people is complex and always shifting. Some of the stories travel backward in time to shepherds and traveling crusaders, while others take on much more contemporary voices, speaking from the point of view of sex workers, carpenters, office workers, ice cream van drivers, and salesmen. If these stories have one thing in common, it is that the characters are searching for identity, for a concrete sense of self that seems to have …
Flickers In The Dark,
2013
Kennesaw State University
Flickers In The Dark, Stephanie Hines
Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)
Alayna "Laney" Moreland is living in an emotional and abusive household. Her mother, Janelle, is an alcoholic. Laney grew up at a young age taking care of her. Janelle's boyfriend, Nick, is physically and verbally abusive towards Laney. Janelle tries to prevent it, but can't. Janelle eventually loses the battle with depression and commits suicide. Laney is placed in foster care after child protective services realizes what Nick is doing to her. Laney eventually learns how to cope with her mother's death and deal with her past.
Last Trip To Disneyland,
2013
Kennesaw State University
Last Trip To Disneyland, Freeman Mensa Montaque
Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)
Screenplay. John and Sally Danes are a father and daughter living in desperate times. In order to make ends meet, they're forced to engage in some less than exemplary acts. They soon find themselves way in over their heads once they make a gruesome discovery. Soon after, the police and a trio of killers are both hot on their trail, and they have to tread carefully. One mistake could prove to be fatal.
By The Limuru Road,
2013
Old Dominion University
By The Limuru Road, Ann Barry Burrows
English Theses & Dissertations
The road to Limuru, Kenya runs beside a mission hospital named Nazareth; this much is true. In these fictional accounts, if the walls — even when topped by glass shards — can be breached by violence, if troubles come inside the gigantic gate, the characters nonetheless discover that compassion, too, can invade. As they care for the sick, they pay the personal costs of belonging to this high, green, misty ridge in Africa during the AIDS epidemic and the ascendancy of modern ways.
Black Box 2013,
2013
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Black Box 2013, Jake Suss, Rosario Resta, Pat Watkins, Kevin Hu, Krypson, Paul Birley, Scott Ikea, Susan Sestak, Adam Olimski, Ryan Thibert, Abdullah Al-Mansour, Eileen Groom
Black Box
The Black Box is a student-based creative publication serving the ERAU campus. It is our goal to provide a showcase for the creativity and talent of the ERAU students. View and enjoy!
Lowrider,
2013
Old Dominion University
Lowrider, Phil Quam
English Theses & Dissertations
Lowrider is a collection of interlinking short stories, adding up to a novelistic whole, which follows man in his late-20s, who is left paralyzed after a motorcycle accident. Set primarily in a Virginia Beach nursing home, but also in various locales around that city, the protagonist, nicknamed Youngblood by the members of his wheelchair gang, attempts to rehabilitate himself while confronted with the realities of age and isolation. Several themes are explored, including identity, love, permanence and transience, physical and emotional paralysis, and, ultimately, self-acceptance. The stories also aim to depict aspects of young adult life in America, when societal …
2013, Hair Trigger 35,
2013
Columbia College Chicago
2013, Hair Trigger 35, Columbia College Chicago
Hair Trigger
An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Liz Baudler, Sayla Blackwood, Keenan Boyd, A.J. Camarena, Ramon Castillo, Karolina Faraci, Lauren Herbert, Courtney Muller, Emily Roth, Larissa Trout. Cover photograph: Joel DeGrand. 325 pages.
Cream City Disco,
2013
Old Dominion University
Cream City Disco, Lucas Flatt
English Theses & Dissertations
Cream City Disco tells the story of Matt Bauer, a musician and IT employee unhappy in the rural south, who forms a hip-hop band with his aloof friends. Along for the ride is little sister Jasmine, whose dancing abilities put her on stage with her brother. Competing visions for this artistic enterprise and the increasingly sinister leadership of head MC Chuck Reya jeopardize Matt's aspirations and his relationship with Jazz, as interspersed accounts of Matt's forays into the digital realm of Lord-o-Landia bolster his courage for the telling.
Open House,
2013
Old Dominion University
Open House, Tarah Gibbs
English Theses & Dissertations
Open House is a collection of short stories which explores the learning relationships between adults and children. Spanning gender and time, these stories depict the verities of the nature of children in conflict with the adult world. Each story recognizes that while emotional maturity may be the cornerstone of coming-of-age, grown-ups have just as much to learn from children.
Hush,
2013
Old Dominion University
Hush, Valerie Wilkinson
English Theses & Dissertations
Hush explores the rural Pennsylvania landscape in seven short stories that strive to slice the characters open and take a brief, brutal look inside. Teenagers lounge on rocks and rattlesnakes twist in cages. Rivers freeze and houses speak. A hunter loses his family and a basketball star loses his shot. And a young girl learns about sex amidst a minefield of guilt and abuse. Story to story, the characters harbor secrets and shame as they search for forgiveness, for redemption, and for some precious measure of grace.
Dark Night Of The Mind,
2013
Liberty University
Dark Night Of The Mind, Sabrina Hardy
Senior Honors Theses
This thesis is composed of five short stories held together with an overarching meta-narrative. Each individual story and the framework narrative deal with the themes of psychological abnormalities and the supernatural. A variety of techniques are used, including first, second, and third person point of views, epistolary formatting, metaphysical storylines, and various dialects.
Phantom Islands A Collection Of Short Stories,
2013
Portland State University
Phantom Islands A Collection Of Short Stories, Marie Buckner
Dissertations and Theses
This collection of short stories takes its name from various islands historically believed to exist and at one time or other located on maps, sometimes remaining on them for centuries, but later removed after they were proved to be illusory. Reports of these islands usually came from sailors as they explored new realms, mistaking actual islands for imaginary ones or by geographical error. Illusions can persist unchallenged for ages. A similar yet modern illusion is the persistence of vision, a phenomenon by which an afterimage, say, on a screen, is thought to persist on the retina for approximately one twenty-fifth …
Dance Lessons,
2013
Portland State University
Dance Lessons, Kaitlyn Burch
Dissertations and Theses
August Diamond is left lost after the sudden death of her father. The stories in Dance Lessons explore the themes of loss and grief, retreat and return, and finding your true self. The collection is a novel in stories, each story exposing another layer of August's past, her family, and their complicated relationships.
Purgatory's Cubicle,
2013
Rollins College
Purgatory's Cubicle, Jade Sylvan
SPECS journal of art and culture
No abstract provided.
More,
2013
Rollins College
Swans In Retrograde,
2013
Rollins College
Swans In Retrograde, Marvin I. Guymon
SPECS journal of art and culture
No abstract provided.
The People’S Museum Of Musical Heritage,
2013
Rollins College
The People’S Museum Of Musical Heritage, James Brubaker
SPECS journal of art and culture
No abstract provided.
Wonder Bread, Smith And Wesson,
2013
Rollins College
Wonder Bread, Smith And Wesson, Jody J. Sperling
SPECS journal of art and culture
No abstract provided.
Black Thursday,
2013
Association of American Law Schools
She Wore Blue,
2013
Association of American Law Schools
