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Moments Of Connection, Kimberly Knaust Jan 2011

Moments Of Connection, Kimberly Knaust

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Moments of Connection explores author Kimberly Knaust's relationship with literature, her sense of the world 's beauty and strangeness, and her certainty that identity is an ever changing thing, never stagnant or limited but something which sheds the unnecessary and blossoms with every moment of choice.

Anti-Nostalgic is a novella in which the amnesiac protagonist Ariel struggles against both her own martial impulses and the ruined world in which she awakens. In a dystopian future, one in which the environment has collapsed and there is a shortage of potable water, Ariel chooses sides in the battle for control of the …


Revenge Of The Sunrise Shift, Susan Weich Jan 2011

Revenge Of The Sunrise Shift, Susan Weich

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This novella is a fictional account of a journalist's struggle with her own integrity as it relates to her job covering the crime beat and as a victim of a brutal crime. The story explores how Kendra Hall's attack changes her perspective of the people she covers on a daily basis and resurrects a lesson about justice taught to her by her police detective grandfather, who caused her to go into a career in police reporting in the first place. When Hall realizes that the assault isn't over, she must face a series of decisions that have repercussions for her …


How A Giant Counts His Calories, Devinne Walters May 2010

How A Giant Counts His Calories, Devinne Walters

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Remains; Everyday, Stephanie Polizzi May 2010

Remains; Everyday, Stephanie Polizzi

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Aunt Winnie Is Dying, Tabitha Russo Parker May 2010

Aunt Winnie Is Dying, Tabitha Russo Parker

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Arrow Rock, 2009-2010, Full Issue May 2010

Arrow Rock, 2009-2010, Full Issue

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Our Song, Adam Benkendorf May 2010

Our Song, Adam Benkendorf

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Cheers, Death, Richard Vie May 2010

Cheers, Death, Richard Vie

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Untitled Art, Lillian Peters May 2010

Untitled Art, Lillian Peters

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Villanelle For The Sleepless Nights, Tabitha Russo Parker May 2010

Villanelle For The Sleepless Nights, Tabitha Russo Parker

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Home, Stephanie Polizzi May 2010

Home, Stephanie Polizzi

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Too Much, Mac Hamilton May 2010

Too Much, Mac Hamilton

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Vermicelli, Uncle Vinh, Huy Dang May 2010

Vermicelli, Uncle Vinh, Huy Dang

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Hunt It Down, Richard Vie May 2010

Hunt It Down, Richard Vie

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Through Stolen Eyes, Sarah Hannah May 2010

Through Stolen Eyes, Sarah Hannah

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In The Time Of The Fireflies, Kathy Hoormann May 2010

In The Time Of The Fireflies, Kathy Hoormann

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Flying, Kathy Hoormann May 2010

Flying, Kathy Hoormann

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Cover Art, Lillian Peters May 2010

Cover Art, Lillian Peters

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The Disappearing Japanese, Tabitha Russo Parker May 2010

The Disappearing Japanese, Tabitha Russo Parker

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A Haiku; Art Is Hell, Dan Burkhead May 2010

A Haiku; Art Is Hell, Dan Burkhead

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Under The Influence, Dana Schulte May 2010

Under The Influence, Dana Schulte

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Untitled Art, Lillian Peters May 2010

Untitled Art, Lillian Peters

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Beginnings, Ending And The Path Between, Daran Kappauff Jan 2010

Beginnings, Ending And The Path Between, Daran Kappauff

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This collection of flash fiction stories focuses on the idea that, if left unchecked, the world we live and work in can not only have dramatic effects on the way we live our lives, but also on our personality and type of person we may become. It also looks at how an individual 's personal life often parallels their professional life. And lastly, it stands as a shining testament to the notion that reality is often stranger than fiction.

All of the characters and almost all of the situations and stories presented here are based true events. What little fiction …


Why Moms Drink, Anne Freeman Jan 2010

Why Moms Drink, Anne Freeman

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The personal narratives and poems contained within this thesis explore one of the most primal and powerful relationships in the human experience, that of a parent and child. As a mother of a young boy, I have found, and continue to find my greatest strength, so1Tow, and inspiration in watching him grow.

The collection as a whole does tell a complete story, although not necessarily a chronological one. It is strongly influenced by the creative nonfiction work of David Sedaris. Like Sedaris, these essays portray everyday family relationships, often in less-than- flattering ways. In a similar style, these essays do …


Petals And Mortar, Amanda Rose Bramley Jan 2010

Petals And Mortar, Amanda Rose Bramley

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The stories in this collection focus on the little, almost insignificant symbols that appear in our daily lives. People, in general, don't notice how certain objects gravitate toward us. The symbols in my life and in my writing appear in places and forms unexpected: a bird outside of a windowsill, flowers that grow by themselves in our backyards, a scarf purchased at a discount store, domino tiles in a common game. How easy it is to take pieces of our lives for granted. They can, for many, hold an almost transcendental power. They provide landmarks for the steps we choose …


The Understudy, Linda Denise Harris Jan 2010

The Understudy, Linda Denise Harris

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This story is a first person true account of love and loss between two sisters. The sisters are separated by seven years and other siblings, yet the bond formed in childhood is strengthened through the trials and tribulations of life. When the older sibling learns that she has terminal cancer she wants her sister by her side.

From the perspective of the younger sister, the story weaves from past to present, back and forth, as each substantial scene unfolds. Through her eyes, the younger sibling sheds light on the early years and the reader learns what it was like growing …


My Family, My Open, Deborah A. Herzog Jan 2010

My Family, My Open, Deborah A. Herzog

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This collection of poems and non-fiction work focuses on self-reflection and family with all its perfections and imperfections. I believe this collection mirrors the essence of the writer and gives insight to the loved ones who shaped that life. It is a tapestry of emotional revelation derived from introspection and observation of the world.

The author has experienced the joy of reading for over forty years and spent many hours journaling throughout her life. The empty nest syndrome was the catalyst to pursue studies in creative writing. It became a cathartic exploration of life that blossomed into a work that …


Eternal Note Of Sadness, Pyra Intihar Jan 2010

Eternal Note Of Sadness, Pyra Intihar

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This collection of poems and short stories is an attempt to answer what Matthew Arnold calls "the eternal note of sadness." The thesis contains poems, two short stories, and one personal narrative. While each of these can be read with different interpretive slants, I choose here to show how each work in this collection is a response to the eternal note of sadness. The poems and personal narrative in the first part of this collection are concerned with the writer's quest, and l will go into depth discussing each of these poems and the narrative because I think they directly …


Parental Absence, Benjamin Brainsby Jan 2010

Parental Absence, Benjamin Brainsby

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The two short stories presented herein feature wildly different narratives operating under a common thematic umbrella; absent fathers.

While not always the central focus of the narrative, or the principle motivation of the protagonists, the fathers' absence in both stories casts a long shadow that defines their sense of happiness. Characters in both_ stories suffer from a feeling of incompleteness that is rooted in the longing for the absent father.

1n both cases the father's absence is beyond the protagonist's control and as such they must react to the affect it has on their lives and the situations that it, …


Upon Wakening, Joan M. Lovelace Jan 2010

Upon Wakening, Joan M. Lovelace

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Upon awakening is a memoir essay that details the free fall from my prime into the disease of addiction, which took everything from me but the one thing I willingly would have given: my life. Instead, alcoholism dragged me on a horrifying public journey that began in a secret place in my mind.

At first, only I knew the trouble I was in, as I began drinking from the liquor bottles in the wet bar of our home. As my craving for booze grew beyond my control, I lost my career as a television journalist, my self-respect, my dignity and …