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The Other Betty, Pat Schultheis

Bryant Literary Review

Grow old and you'll become a stranger to yourself.

One More Time For Donny Deadborne, Stephen Roger Powers

Bryant Literary Review

I'm a feature comedian.

Lines For An Absent Friend, Larry Rubin

Bryant Literary Review

So you weren't there--the emptiness
Would have shattered me, except I know how atoms

Chicken-In-The-Pot, Charles Harper Webb

Bryant Literary Review

One dollar buys a chance to catapult
a rubber bird onto a spinning table that seems

Parsimonious, Paul Hostovsky

Bryant Literary Review

I remember the first time I looked it up--
I was a sophomore--Michael

Counting, Mitzi Mcmahon

Bryant Literary Review

Counting is important. Not that you're able to count because an idiot can count.

Leonard On The Farm, Jack Cooper

Bryant Literary Review

He had less than a dozen teeth,
wore shoes with ten years of pigshit

Grim Reaper, Carl Beauchamp

Bryant Literary Review

It's only natural
A black gown
And sharp sickle

Contributors

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Circuit Rider, Kimberley Harris Idol

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

An historical novel set at the end of the American Civil War focusing on the week between President Lincoln's assassination and John Wilkes Booth's death. The backdrop of the story is comprised of the historical events and political figures that shaped this period in time in America. The plot is also configured around the fictional histories of three young souls, the spirit of a murdered Chinese immigrant girl, and a brother and sister who's home in the Appalachians was destroyed during the war. All three are escaping the devastating consequences of the war and seeking a new start in the …

Wraith Walking, Jason Coley

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

With this work I wanted to explore the space between memory and imagination: namely, how much imagination fills the fissures that run though our knowledge of our past. The protagonist, Joshua, has been estranged from his family for nine years and learns of his father's death while in China. But without explanation, Joshua is awaken one morning by an old fabrication of his childhood imagination--a character now very real--who accompanies Joshua on his search for a fantastical object.

Pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing figures and faces in vague stimulus, such as clouds and wood grains. It is commonly believed …

Among The Stars, Bradley Cook

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

The left-fielder lays the boy’s things across the passenger seat: a jersey worn by the left-fielder two seasons ago, an autographed baseball in a glass cube, new glove. He folds the note from the boy’s father and slides it into his shirt pocket. Errands: bank deposit, clothes to the cleaners, a list from his wife of items at the store—bread, coffee, Capri Sun for Karl’s lunches. He sits behind the wheel and watches Karl, his son, roughhouse with the neighbor kid. His son is tough, like he used to be. Different neighborhoods, but boys can be tough anywhere. The left-fielder …

The Present Giver And Other Stories On Human Connections, Erin B. Waggoner

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The Present Giver and Other Stories on Human Connections is a collection of seven short stories dealing with individuals that struggle to connect to another person. However, the stories also explore that these characters still feel the need to connect, stories very indicative of my own struggles with apathy and relationships. The critical analysis takes on a creative non-fiction approach as a way to show my development as a writer and how these stories relate to what I've learned through the years from my love of reading.

Volume 41 (2009), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2009 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover, "Crossroads, 14th Street Series," was painted by Trudy Roth. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is Lauren Quesenberry. The Broad River Review Editor's Prizes in Fiction and Poetry are chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students. The winner of the Editor's prize in Poetry is Sarajane Burroughs for her work titled, "Daddy." The winner of the Editor's Prize in …

Lights And Shadows - 2009, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

I Hear A City: A Picture Book For Three- Four- And Five-Year-Olds, Adam Schneider

Graduate Student Independent Studies

I Hear A City is an original children's book that delineates the daily routines of a city and the people who live within it. The book is designed to be read with three- four- and five-year-olds because its content corresponds with that age group's interests and their desire to understand their surroundings. I Hear A City recounts the story of the life of a city and the universal routines that exist there. The ideas and events expressed within the book are basic and relate to young children. The life and activities of a city and its inhabitants are integrated and …

Four Short Stories About A Four Letter Word, Michelle Tan-Torres

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

This thesis falls under the creative category of the Honors Capstone Project and is a compilation of four short stories all written within the past year and a half. It draws from the author’s educational background of English Textual Studies and the screenwriting track within the Television/Radio/Film major. It combines the learned technical aspects of the English language from the former and the creative, story-telling techniques from the latter.

Though the author has always been an avid writer, both academically and leisurely, it wasn’t until the summer of 2007 after sophomore year of college that she became interested in short …

Volume 40 (2008), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2008 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover, "Still Life," was painted by Megan Jaynes. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is Jack Naish. The Broad River Review Editor's Prizes in Fiction and Poetry are chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students.The Broad River Review Editor's Prizes in Fiction and Poetry are chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students.The winner of the Editor's Prize in Poetry …

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

Brimming, Shane Alan Noecker

Bryant Literary Review

Before the alarm went off, they heard a truck door slam on the street below.

Joints And Connectors, Rachel Eve Moulton

Bryant Literary Review

Edward Rudolph Schakowsky III was a freshman and forever late to school.

Fortunata, Jay Baruch

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Lawrence Wellbourne, CEO of Poultice Pharmaceuticals, announced to a roomful of vice-presidents the ominous news:

Virus, Ewa Bronowicz

Bryant Literary Review

"Language is a virus, and she infected me," he said and looked away, as if not interested in the effect his words would have on us.

La Révolution De Ventôse, Bayard Godsave

Bryant Literary Review

Time loves only those it has given birth to itself...

--Vasily Grossman

I have read about the neutron bombs. In the books there are diagrams of radiation waves, tipped with arrowheads,

What You Have, Laura Hogan

Bryant Literary Review

He comes home wearing your husband's face, spreads his arms wide and calls, "Honey, I'm home."

Fishing Penny, Ryan Habermeyer

Bryant Literary Review

Penny used three fingers to wedge the last moon pie into her mouth. I had sore fingers from feeding her all night.

Redbone, Erika T. Wurth

Bryant Literary Review

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The first time I ever thought about stealing a train, I was eight years old.

The doors closed and Jake was alone again,

Lights And Shadows - 2008, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

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Maho Bay, Near The Astrologer's Table, Lyn Lifshin

Bryant Literary Review

yellow bird on

the table, two

curious lizards