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How To Fail At Faith, Olivia R. Bacon May 2026

How To Fail At Faith, Olivia R. Bacon

Honors Theses

How to Fail at Faith tells the story of Ruth, a girl in middle school who begins to doubt her faith in the Christian God. With these doubts come existential questions, fear, and, most strangely, a voice that narrates Ruth’s everyday activities inside her head. Ruth is scared this voice means she is only a character inside a story, but is even more scared to tell her parents about her internal struggles. As Ruth grapples with her faith, this “narrator” becomes a tangible support amid uncertainties. Ruth surrenders to trusting God after fighting her doubts, and discovers that her mysterious …


Emigration Of Our Great Colossus, Sterling Imago Mar 2026

Emigration Of Our Great Colossus, Sterling Imago

Landshark Literary Review

A short poem on the emigration of The Great Colossus (Statue of Liberty) due to her view of the soceioeconomic state of The United States of America.


Confess To Me, Jenna M. Hood Mar 2026

Confess To Me, Jenna M. Hood

Landshark Literary Review

A persona poem from the point of view of a person close to someone who seems to be experiencing abuse, but refusing to talk about or confess the truth to the "me" in the poem. The speaker is fixated on desperate and increasingly disturbing thoughts about what should happen regarding the suspected tormentor.


Yon Whistle, Quade H. Beasley Mar 2026

Yon Whistle, Quade H. Beasley

Landshark Literary Review

A story told about an old man's experience with a whistle in the woods, and the thing that makes it.


Mermaid Hurricane, Benjamin Tabor Jr. Mar 2026

Mermaid Hurricane, Benjamin Tabor Jr.

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Krohn Headed, Benjamin Tabor Jr. Mar 2026

Krohn Headed, Benjamin Tabor Jr.

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


More Than Any Thing Or Any One, Baylie E. Rice Mar 2026

More Than Any Thing Or Any One, Baylie E. Rice

Landshark Literary Review

These sister poems "more than any thing" and "more than any one" were written as an exploration of how we tend to romanticize people we are involved with romantically. After they break our hearts or hurt us in some way, we begin to see them as they truly are, for better or worse. "more than any thing" is the process of viewing someone through rose colored glasses, while "more than any one" is looking back on the relationship and wishing you had spent more time learning to love yourself.


Hot Ears, Anna Thomas Mar 2026

Hot Ears, Anna Thomas

Landshark Literary Review

A short creative non-fiction piece about the daily battle of living with depression. This work explores the diagnosis of depression through a singular moment in time, taking a scene and expanding it into it's higher meaning. This piece also develops part of the support system an individual with depression relies on, as well as an intimate relationship between college students.


Between The Posts, Avery Smith Mar 2026

Between The Posts, Avery Smith

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Sidewalk Pheromones, Jesse A. Parkman Mar 2026

Sidewalk Pheromones, Jesse A. Parkman

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Old Dogs, Jesse A. Parkman Mar 2026

Old Dogs, Jesse A. Parkman

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Disciple, Jesse A. Parkman Mar 2026

Disciple, Jesse A. Parkman

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


To My Love, Gabriel M. Navarro Mar 2026

To My Love, Gabriel M. Navarro

Landshark Literary Review

It is a gothic romance about a person in the distant past that had nothing but his relationship with one person. He reflects on it and wishes to find a way to remember it.


This Anger Has No Home, Lamarcus M. Lenoir Jr. Mar 2026

This Anger Has No Home, Lamarcus M. Lenoir Jr.

Landshark Literary Review

This poem was written because of my frustrations with the media and how the Palestinian genocide is being portrayed. I wanted to combat the way people try to use religion to in a way justify these horrific acts.


Right Of Passage, Benjamin Tabor Jr. Mar 2026

Right Of Passage, Benjamin Tabor Jr.

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Rub Your Eyes, Benjamin Tabor Jr. Jr. Mar 2026

Rub Your Eyes, Benjamin Tabor Jr. Jr.

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Landshark Literary Review, Hanny Zermeno Mar 2026

Landshark Literary Review, Hanny Zermeno

Landshark Literary Review

The poems of this selection delve into the complexities of familial relationships as well as the internal battles of insecurities brought on by the complications of a lack of harmony and love primarily displayed in families. Other poems in this selection describe the love between two people and the physical and emotional effects of yearning and their human connections.


Freezer Bride, Chris M. Woodry Mar 2026

Freezer Bride, Chris M. Woodry

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


The Defect Within You, Sarah Spencer May 2025

The Defect Within You, Sarah Spencer

Honors Theses

This thesis is a collection of science fiction short stories exploring human limitations in our era of unprecedented influence over the world. Despite everything we can accomplish, we are not as powerful as we think we are. My stories focus on how this manifests in our embodiment and our relationships with our bodies.


Creative Expression Through Worldbuilding: A Study On The Connections Between Literature And Music Through Analysis Of Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive, Lauralei S. Palmer May 2025

Creative Expression Through Worldbuilding: A Study On The Connections Between Literature And Music Through Analysis Of Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive, Lauralei S. Palmer

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the worldbuilding connections visible throughout fantasy literature and musical works. Though their tools seem different, authors, composers, and performers use equivalent techniques to draw in their audiences and produce an immersive, emotional experience. This research focuses on American author Brandon Sanderson’s highly detailed worldbuilding in his epic fantasy series, The Stormlight Archive. The Stormlight Archive exhibits the three pillars of worldbuilding: completeness, invention, and consistency. This research also examines Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes, a symphonic poem based on Alfonse Lamartine’s poem, Ode. Finally, this thesis culminates in the fusion of literary and musical worldbuilding in description …


Michigan Fiction, Bryce Durfey May 2025

Michigan Fiction, Bryce Durfey

Honors Theses

The screenplay Michigan Fiction follows a failing children's book author who is desperate for another taste of success. His father has told him his entire life that success by any means is all that matters. After a chance meeting with a more successful crime-novelist colleague, and learning of his next book idea, he decides to follow him to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to steal his idea for a book. He stays in a motel where the original killer once stayed and killed. Things go awry when he accidentally murders someone. After the town thinks it's the old killer returning, …


Birds Don't Fly Here, Sarah Mcraney Apr 2025

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.


Labyrinth And Other Rude Awakenings, Jack Eno May 2024

Labyrinth And Other Rude Awakenings, Jack Eno

Honors Theses

This thesis is a collection of short fiction stories written by myself over the course of my final three semesters before graduation. Four are short stories, while one is novella length. I went into this project intending to write as diverse a collection as I could manage, while still maintaining a consistent theme or set of themes throughout the collection. The stories are connected by themes of sudden and unfortunate realizations of unspoken truth, religion, and the ways in which religious trauma can affect different people. The stories range in tone, with one comedy, one horror, one criminal drama, and …


Full Issue, Journal Editors Apr 2024

Full Issue, Journal Editors

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Journal Editors Apr 2024

Front Matter, Journal Editors

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.


"Waiting By The Shores", Emily Suh Dec 2023

"Waiting By The Shores", Emily Suh

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Amelie, August, Elisabeth A. Bailey Dec 2023

Amelie, August, Elisabeth A. Bailey

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Journal Editors Oct 2023

Full Issue, Journal Editors

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Journal Editors Oct 2023

Front Matter, Journal Editors

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.


Odyssey Of A Renegade Queen, Annabelle Harris May 2023

Odyssey Of A Renegade Queen, Annabelle Harris

Honors Theses

After a violent shipwreck, Savannah washes up on the shores of Outis with no memory of her past. She is found by James, who she thinks is a suave but ill-tempered merchant. Outis turns out to be a more dangerous place than Savannah had thought. Through the aftermath of a traumatic encounter with another islander, she learns that James is a notorious pirate, and she is stuck on an island populated by his dangerous crew. James gives Savannah an ultimatum, and with no choice but to join his crew, she becomes the ship surgeon on the Cyllenia. During their sea-faring …