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Dark Smoke Rising, Matthew Knutson

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

A collection of short fiction set in and around Southern California.

How We Live Today And Other Stories, Gregory W. Rohloff

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

How We Live Today is a collection of stories about family connections and the process of making amends to keep a family whole. The families are not just traditional families, but also arrangements constructed out of necessity, circumstance, or convenience. The title story tells how a man ends a lengthy divide with a stepmother for the sake of her, his son, and ultimately himself. We see adolescents do the right thing in their circumstances at the risk of losing peer standing or to avert future social damage. An older golfer encourages a younger golfer, easing guilt but realizing that respect …

Philadelphia Stories, Leigh A. Stuart

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

These stories provide a look at a Philadelphia family over decades.

Writing A Speculative Fiction Novel, Ashlyn Victoria

Honors Projects

This Honors Project is a speculative fiction novel, and its setting includes topics like artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and sustainability. Though it's not yet complete (which was expected), I was able to write forty-four pages (the equivalent of more than one-hundred pages using the standard 12-pt, double-spaced Times New Roman font) over the duration of the project. A synopsis is attached, but the manuscript remains unpublished; revealing it could reduce the novel's chances of publication in the future.

Eulogy, Kim T. Allison

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Particular to the three short stories in Eulogyis the importance of place, as they are set in the fictional location of Potter’s Island, which is based on my childhood sense of Florida.Contradictions, complications, and disappointments can be uniquely tied to a sense of place. My own parents and grandparents moved to Florida when I was three years old, but where they lived, how they lived and worked, and what dreams they pursued was only partially an immigrant’s story of wanting a better life.

The past has weight—a weight that must be dealt with, for real people, and for …

Satori 2019, Winona State University

Satori Literary Magazine

The Satori is a student literary publication that expresses the artistic spirit of the students of Winona State University. Student poetry, prose, and graphic art are published in the Satori every spring since 1970.

Review Of The History Of Living Forever, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

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This To Which We've Come., Holly Tabor

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This collection of works explores the linkages between moments, the connective thread that accumulates over time to create for each of us a unique present. The title, “This to Which We’ve Come,” attempts to convey that each moment is a point of arrival colored by the smallest of temporal fibers, our most interior histories that stretch and bend and fold back onto themselves when the present forces us into action, or inaction. Through these characters and their stories, I attempt to examine that moment of arrival. A secondary thread explored in this collection is the idea that humans are still …

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 …

The Birthday Boy And Other Boys, Charles Mccrory

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

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The Battle For Crystal Hill, Parker Spadt

The Oval

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Nostalgia, Raemarie Bruce

The Oval

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Perfect Darkness, Cale Duplechien

The Oval

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Muse, Alivia Zeiler

The Oval

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Brothers Of A Different Kind, Jesse Mcdowell

The Oval

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Sounds, Kailyn Middlemist

The Oval

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Lizie And Jessica, Emma Mcmullen

The Oval

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Nowhere, Madison Haynes

The Oval

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The Young Girl And The Sea, Sarah Williams

The Oval

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Vermilion-Stained Offerings, Pooja Desai

Fiction MFA Theses

This thesis is a collection of short stories.

Heatwaves, Julia White

The Oval

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Three And A Half Blocks, Grace Held

The Oval

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The Trail Home, Pattie Wagner

The Oval

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Trivia Night, Tait Vigesaa

The Oval

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A Trip To The Moon, Dillon Knuffke

The Oval

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What The Water Brought Me: A Composite Of Two Short Stories And A Novel Portion, Shannon Strawhun

Theses

This thesis is a collection of two short stories and three chapters from my novel, Shore Walkers. The short stories, “Lights Against Your Back” and “Thunder and Dust” are a part of a larger collection I have been working on. Each story is based on a different being or place from Gulliver’s Travels. Though the stories can be read separately, there are characters and settings which eventually link all the works in the collection. The stories follow characters in different places and time in the United States. “Thunder and Dust” centers around the dismantling of the Hearst Castle in the …

Sprout, Morgan Coyner

Fiction MFA Theses

Sprout is a novel that bridges the traditional storytelling of Young Adult literature with the sophistication of language seen in literary fiction. It follows a young woman in the year following her suicide attempt as she grapples with how to continue moving forward when she's still not sure if she wants to live.

When The Party's Over, Sophie Harris

The Echo

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Maybe It's Better That Way, Ren Zimmerman

The Echo

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The Lampshade, Evan Myers

The Echo

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