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Full-Text Articles in Creative Writing
Balanced Blended Space: Proposing A Universal Theoretical Framework For Combinative Reality, David Smith, Frederick Bianchi
Balanced Blended Space: Proposing A Universal Theoretical Framework For Combinative Reality, David Smith, Frederick Bianchi
Publications and Research
In today's fragmented societies, a unified framework for communication and collaboration across different realities is crucial. We introduce Balanced Blended Space (BBS) as a framework for describing combinative reality, encompassing virtual, physical, and conceptual realms, all intrinsically connected. Interactions within these environments shape our perceptual space. This paper outlines key axiomatic assumptions, criteria for a universal framework, and fundamental terminology. We identify deep symmetries enabling the BBS framework, including Cognitive and Computational Symmetry, Physical and Virtual Symmetry, Mediation Pathway Symmetry, Space-Time Symmetry, and Sensory Symmetry. We propose tests to determine its viability, emphasizing virtual intelligence as a collaborative partner. We …
If We Were Fiction: Insect-Human Stories, Isabella Delaney
If We Were Fiction: Insect-Human Stories, Isabella Delaney
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This creative project delves into the nonlinear, interconnected web of insect-human relations in Nepal. Through exploring humans’ perceptions and stories of insects, this work intends to remedy the limits of traditional entomological knowledge, which forgets the ubiquitous reality of insects as more than biological and ecological agents. Insects are social, economic, and ethical “characters” in our lives, and recognizing this opens up possibilities for connection, hope, and evolution in this world. The potential of the mundane, the forgettable, pulses within humans’ unique attitudes toward insects and the forces that shaped them. This potential is represented in the final product of …
Iowa Gothic, Caroline Bailey Lewis
Iowa Gothic, Caroline Bailey Lewis
Theses and Dissertations
Iowa Gothic deals with the stories that we tell ourselves, for better or worse, and is an interconnected short story collection set in the fictional town of Madison, Iowa. The stories are grounded in realism, but are also slightly off from the way we typically experience the world: a hoarder who tries to win a cooking contest by boiling a rabbit, a woman who recreates her neighbors' living rooms out of their yard sale items, a hypnotic rooster that starts a feud, residents who believe in ghosts, or at least the communal value of ghost stories. By asking the reader …
Observations From The Edge Of The Abyss, Peter Johnson
Observations From The Edge Of The Abyss, Peter Johnson
English Faculty Publications
A book of prose poems/fragments available to download here for no charge
Discovering Souls Below: Mythology, Lore, And Christian Feminism In Contemporary Fantasy, Emma Dearing
Discovering Souls Below: Mythology, Lore, And Christian Feminism In Contemporary Fantasy, Emma Dearing
Masters Theses
There are few things I love more than sitting on a warm, sunny beach with my toes in the sand. With a cool breeze rippling off the waves and the smell of salty ocean, it is easy to feel completely at peace. Yet last summer, as I sat limply in a beach chair experiencing all those sensations, I wondered, “What if this was my last day on earth, and I knew it?” More specifically, what if we chose such a serene day as our last? Of course, that reminded me there is only one way to truly choose our last …
Characterizing The Female Main Character, Addison Leana Butler
Characterizing The Female Main Character, Addison Leana Butler
Masters Theses
The strong female character is a term tossed around writing groups, book clubs, and TikTok as something to both strive to see and critique in literature. This research paper transformed throughout the actual research as it went from a study on cozy fantasy emergence and its effects to strong female characters and how to write them well, to its current iteration along similar lines of writing strong female characters. Qualitative and quantitative data was gathered through the use of a survey that I wrote and put to the field, research done primarily through JSTOR, and interviews conducted with experts in …
Mr. Wicker: A Horror Novel, David Viergutz
Mr. Wicker: A Horror Novel, David Viergutz
Masters Theses
This thesis analyzes writing in the horror genre that uses characterization and symbolism as literary elements to explore the depiction of good versus evil. The author’s creative writing includes instances of characterization and symbolism and identifies the use of those elements in acclaimed horror novels.
Visions Of Aline: A Foreshadow Of The Past, Allison King
Visions Of Aline: A Foreshadow Of The Past, Allison King
Masters Theses
This thesis focuses on the first act of a coming-of-age YA novel. Visions of Aline is about a high school senior, Joey Astor. Having been diagnosed with schizophrenia four years ago, he’s been under a grand delusion that he is the school’s most feared bully. Unhappy that Joey is copying him, the real bully, Kaleb Kane, fights back. For four years, Joey and Kaleb have had a bitter and fierce rivalry. With the end of high school near, the two are determined to prove who rightfully deserves the title of the most feared. When Joey’s schizophrenic episodes start to worsen, …
Constructing Reality: Finding Realism And Finding Jessica, Amy J. Vallotton
Constructing Reality: Finding Realism And Finding Jessica, Amy J. Vallotton
Masters Theses
Movies are very influential. They provide enjoyable entertainment and affect the viewer's brain and how it processes the scenes, characters, and plot. Because these processes are often the direct result of the script, the screenwriter needs to understand the effect the camera shots, lighting, pacing, and other techniques have on cognition. The narrative is the script's backbone and a movie's primary source of influence. Movies' effects on the viewer will be discussed through current research and different techniques and narrative examples, as seen in well-known movies and original screenplay. Because movies are so influential, the screenwriter will understand how to …
Thesis Submission Assignment, Monica Cookson
Thesis Submission Assignment, Monica Cookson
Masters Theses
This paper focuses on the importance of complex character development to form connections with the reader. Readers develop connections to characters who are relatable, so writers need to be aware of what makes a character emotionally important to the reader.
Empires Rise: An Approach To Worldbuilding In Modern Fantasy Fiction, Anthony John Rudd
Empires Rise: An Approach To Worldbuilding In Modern Fantasy Fiction, Anthony John Rudd
Masters Theses
Worldbuilding is a critical element to storytelling and involves much more than creating a setting for a narrative – it serves to establish a credible foundation on which authors give life to their creation. There are many great authors who have mastered the art of worldbuilding and their creations can serve as a primer for aspiring authors. This thesis explores critical elements of worldbuilding, provides examples from notable fantasy and science fiction authors such as Tolkien, Jordan, King, and others and explores my approach to incorporating those elements into my own writing.
Turning Heartache Into Hope: How Fantasy Reveals Spiritual Truth About Sin, Suffering, And Redemption, Sophia Raffaelle Bricker
Turning Heartache Into Hope: How Fantasy Reveals Spiritual Truth About Sin, Suffering, And Redemption, Sophia Raffaelle Bricker
Masters Theses
This paper examines the problem of evil and suffering through the literary genre of fantasy. Seminal texts written by Christians in this genre present the problem of sin and death through themes and representative characters but also tempers the reality of suffering with the presence of Christ figures, who bring redemption to the characters and story world through an act of sacrifice. Following the examples of these seminal fantasies and building on my personal experience of loss, I approach the problem of sin and suffering in excerpts from my novel in progress, The Mountain Pass Keeper, by presenting an older …
Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis
Accident Report, Eric Colburn
Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements
Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman
Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi
Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown
A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside
A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Books And Media
Appalachia
Reviews of: White Mountain Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in the White Mountain National Forest, 31st edition, compiled and edited by Ken MacGray and Steven D. Smith; The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems, by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave; Conversations with Birds, by Priyanka Kumar; Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong, by Michael Wejchert; Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, by Harley Rustad; Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We …
Skyline Sketch
Appalachia
Hiking alone to and from Lonesome Lake Hut above Franconia Notch challenges a woman’s sense of time and strength.
News And Notes
Appalachia
Nicole Zussman appointed president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Bears close U.S. Forest Service’s busy Hancock Campground in New Hampshire.
In Memoriam
Appalachia
An obituary of former Appalachian Mountain Club President Charles Burnham, who was instrumental in negotiating matters related to the Highland Center.
Research
Appalachia
Sheila Myers visits the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum in Townsend, Tennessee, which tells the story of the logging of giant trees a century ago.
Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges
Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges
Appalachia
Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges is a report of Griffin Post’s discovery of a 1937 equipment cache left by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in the St. Elias Mountains. Hordes of climbers, and garbage, land on K2. An all-Black party, the Full Circle Everest Expedition, climbs the world’s highest peak. Colin Haley makes the first solo winter ascent of the Supercanaleta route on Cerro Fitz Roy in Patagonia. Climber Ed Webster is memorialized.
Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere
Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere
Appalachia
Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during the late spring, summer, and fall of 2022. Two casual hikers who “had nothing” with them (in the words of New Hampshire Fish & Game officers) get stuck on a cliff off Greenleaf Trail. An attempted June 17 traverse of the Presidentials ends in tragedy. A lightly-equipped trail runner falls near Mount Isolation and cannot get out on his own. A skier accessing May snow from the Mount Washington Auto Road falls 700 feet. An Appalachian Trail thru-hiker is badly injured near Mount Eisenhower. A hiker who had eaten …
Letters
Appalachia
Letters from Candi Fletcher about William Geller's "White Mountain Mysteries" (Winter/Spring 2023); Jeff Tarling about indigenous mountain names; and Charles Sampson correcting an editorial error about the location of Carter Notch Hut from Winter/Spring 2023 Accidents
Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus
Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus
Appalachia
A winter caretaker at New Hampshire’s Carter Notch Hut connects to humans from a beautiful, frozen world.
Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler
Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler
Appalachia
Two seasoned hikers effect a self-rescue after a freak accident on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.