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Letter From The Editors, Anvitha Soordelu Com 27, Dean Chien Com 27

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Letter From The Designers, Nathan Ngo Com 28, Natalie Kalpakyan Com 27, Qiuyi Wang Com 27

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.

Crip Queer Storytelling: An Intersectional Analysis, Audrey T. Heffers

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

Abstract

Where are queer disabled characters, and how do they avoid tokenization? This particular approach will use the following criteria as its foundation:

1) The story has a character who is both disabled and queer. (This must be explicit in some way and not ambiguously coded within the text, or solely paratextual.)

2) The character is central to the narrative. (If the character were removed, would the story change significantly?)

3) The story can be affected by disability, but (with due respect to making space for such stories) the story isn’t solely/centrally about disability/overcoming ableism.

The hope with these criteria …

Silver Star: The Superheroine Love Of My Life, Primo C. Murillo Jr.

Master's Projects

Silver Star: The Superheroine Love of My Life is a new adult, queer romance novel about a pair of young women living in a modern world filled with superheroes. This manuscript covers the first five chapters of this proposed novel, which is still in development. The story follows Freddie Silang, a Filipina-American superhero fan with no superpowers, who struggles to find her place in life after college. Freddie's mundane life is forever changed, however, when she meets her favorite superhero, Ms. Metropolis, during a battle against a minor villain. After Freddie saves Ms. Metropolis in an impulsive, yet selfless act, …

The Mother Of It All (Fiction), Ardis Berghoff

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.

A Brief Study In Aristotelian Ethics, Robert Wallace

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Walk Into The Unknown, Callie Gay

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

The Feast Of Saint Antnee, R.D. Saporita

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Efficiency Versus Quality: A Reflection On Making A Children’S Book, Elizabeth Diehl

Honors Projects

When first looking at a children’s book, it appears to be a simple creative project. However, when one finds out the components that go into making one, it becomes clear that simplicity is deceiving. Research, ideation, rough drafts, and scripts are just a few of the necessary components for the finished product, and each one of these components can take multiple days or weeks to complete. This essay is a reflection on my experience of creating a picture book in one semester as I attempt to answer the questions “What if the most efficient process for creating a children's picture …

Foxholes, Pamela Schoenewaldt

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

As The Waters Rose, William Brasse

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Memoria Teneo, Richard Bertram Peterson

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Fingers Of Light, Amanda A. Gibson

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

At Heaven's Gate, Daniel Yetman

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

The Day I Buried Myself, Lauren Robertson

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Jumpsuit Princess, Meghan Chou

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Alembic Cover 2025, Lily Spiegel

The Alembic

"Moonlit Providence"

Volume 103, Number 1 - Spring 2025, Providence College

The Alembic

Cover Photo: Moonlit Providence by Lily Spiegel

Heaven’S Star, Claudia Deluca

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Meet The Editors, Providence College

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

The Last Miller, Eleanor Phillips

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Not Even Past, Michael Washburn

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

The Absolution On The Mountain Pass, Tyler Donegan

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Contributors' Notes, Providence College

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Providence College

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Editor's Note, Providence College

The Alembic

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Birds Don't Fly Here, Sarah Mcraney

Honors Theses

Birds Don’t Fly Here is a novella that follows Elora Maevry. She spent her life feeling like an outsider in her own home. She felt like her Nanny was her only true family, but when her Nanny passes away, Elora is forced to confront her family issues while struggling with grief. Elora is forced to make a decision. She can keep flying away or finally face the truth that has caged her. This story includes themes like grief, mental health issues, abandonment, love, and the complications of relationships.

Fantasy And Faith: Lewis And Tolkien On Magic In Fantastical Literature, Zion Lang

Senior Honors Theses

Despite biblical warnings against the occult, Christian authors C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien incorporated many kinds of magic into their works of fantasy. These authors had an orthodox view of the occult, but they also believed that fantasy magic differs from the esoteric: its purpose is imaginative, rather than power-seeking, and it is usually part of the imagined laws of the fantasy world. Lewis focused on the mythic side of fantasy and included more ambiguous magic. Tolkien focused on fantasy as eucatastrophic fairy tale, and his works include somewhat divine supernatural forces. Nonetheless, both authors saw fantasy …

The Things We Lose And Other Haunted Stories, Michaela Arnice Reed

Fiction MFA Theses

Inspired by Southern Gothic fiction and speculative short fiction, the stories in "The Things We Lose and Other Haunted Stories" explore the realms of otherness, loss, and family relationships. Though not always supernatural, each story contains a ghostly element which haunts the characters, pushing them out of their comfort zones so they may confront and grow from the fears and phenomena which threaten to break them.

I Am Guillotine, Nathanael Joseph Williams

Fiction MFA Theses

63 years after the Mad War, an exchange of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, a twelve-year old girl wakes up on a train. She has no memory of where she comes from or who she was before the train, but when it stops, there is no doubt that she is now a slave. Brought to the town of Bludgeonburg in chains, she is sold off, along with a boy named Mohawk, to a man named Aabrax as a pit slave. The odd are firmly against Aabrax, and Gilly is not expected to survive, but by a stroke of luck, she …