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Full-Text Articles in Fiction

Junkyard, Susan Boehm May 2017

Junkyard, Susan Boehm

Bryant Literary Review

In a junkyard
piled with the rusting machinery


Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt May 2017

Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt

Bryant Literary Review

Goodbye, apostrophe--
you were barely hanging on


Bamboo, Kerry Jones May 2017

Bamboo, Kerry Jones

Bryant Literary Review

Alice Tran was sitting in the lobby area just outside my office, waiting for me, a large paper bag on the chair beside her, her feet dangling from the chair she occupied.


The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power May 2017

The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power

Bryant Literary Review

The shallow mockery goes back and forth
like a hollow ping pong ball of conversation


And Another Thing, Ruth Holzer May 2017

And Another Thing, Ruth Holzer

Bryant Literary Review

she used to bark
was that I looked


Out Of The Limelight, David James May 2017

Out Of The Limelight, David James

Bryant Literary Review

Maybe it's my dislike for coconut,
my aversion to horror movies.


Ruffled Feathers, Murzban F. Shroff May 2017

Ruffled Feathers, Murzban F. Shroff

Bryant Literary Review

It was one of the finest buildings in South Mumbai


6802 Bayfield Ave. Arverne, New York, Brennan D'Elena May 2017

6802 Bayfield Ave. Arverne, New York, Brennan D'Elena

Bryant Literary Review

He lights a cigarette and keeps
his hand steady on the wheel.


Confession, Brian Daldorph May 2017

Confession, Brian Daldorph

Bryant Literary Review

I don't have much to confess, actually.
I only sinned a few times, didn't like it--


One Survived, Shelley Joy May 2017

One Survived, Shelley Joy

Bryant Literary Review

He shoves the only cash he has at the Amtrak desk clerk.


Oui, Dennis Trudell May 2017

Oui, Dennis Trudell

Bryant Literary Review

It is raining in Paris,
and a thin woman takes off her clothes


Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt May 2017

Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt

Bryant Literary Review

It's afternoon in Guangzhou
and I'm out with Maia,


Water Stone, Matthew J. Spireng May 2017

Water Stone, Matthew J. Spireng

Bryant Literary Review

A small translucent stone with water a million years old
trapped inside like a bubble, a liquid core purer, we think,


Where The Light Enters, Michael Pikna May 2017

Where The Light Enters, Michael Pikna

Bryant Literary Review

Max knocked lightly on Celia's door.


The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone May 2017

The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone

Bryant Literary Review

Overrated, exaggerated
The crescent hangs, worn-out


Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings), Frank De Canio May 2017

Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings), Frank De Canio

Bryant Literary Review

"Call no man happy till after his death,"
Montaigne wrote. If, Harvey had died before


Let Wind, Timothy Clutter May 2017

Let Wind, Timothy Clutter

Bryant Literary Review

Let wind be the day-old toy
of a thoughtless god who can't
recall where he left it.


Iron Box, Emily Sheehan May 2017

Iron Box, Emily Sheehan

Bryant Literary Review

Was the sun shining when you stepped out into the world today?


Dresden, Robert Kostuck May 2017

Dresden, Robert Kostuck

Bryant Literary Review

The mockingbird song is familiar, something from childhood; maybe a nursery rhyme buried in the deepest part of my memories.


These Wants, Mark Belair May 2017

These Wants, Mark Belair

Westview

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Dinner At Eight, Anastasia M. Berkovich May 2017

Dinner At Eight, Anastasia M. Berkovich

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

This creative thesis is comprised of six short stories of fiction in various styles and lengths, as well as a critical introduction wherein I discuss the various influences on my work, ranging from Charles Baxter and Karen Joy Fowler to Doležel and John Gardner. All of these stories share a theme of family and loss. Each story also grapples in some way with changing times and places. I have endeavored, by using rhyming action, repeating images, and melodrama, to give each story a great sense of emotion, a feeling both specific to the story but connects to the wider reading …


Forever Story Time, John Grey May 2017

Forever Story Time, John Grey

Westview

No abstract provided.


Maintaining Orbit, Robert Kendrick May 2017

Maintaining Orbit, Robert Kendrick

Westview

No abstract provided.


I'M Her Brother, Sheryl L. Nelms May 2017

I'M Her Brother, Sheryl L. Nelms

Westview

No abstract provided.


Near Shiprock, John Nizalowski May 2017

Near Shiprock, John Nizalowski

Westview

No abstract provided.


Noise, Eileen Cleary May 2017

Noise, Eileen Cleary

Westview

No abstract provided.


Volcano, Lance Nizami May 2017

Volcano, Lance Nizami

Westview

No abstract provided.


Breath, Lance Nizami May 2017

Breath, Lance Nizami

Westview

No abstract provided.


Growing Young, Dennis Ross May 2017

Growing Young, Dennis Ross

Westview

No abstract provided.


Incident, Ashleigh Balog May 2017

Incident, Ashleigh Balog

Westview

No abstract provided.