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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.

Intertext 2018 — Complete Issue

Intertext

The complete issue of Intertext 26 (2018).

Skunk River Review 2016-2018, Bryanna Thompson, Joseph Wellman, Amy Eldridge, Savannah Maynard, Ashlee Osier, Elizabeth Petersen, Deann Irlmeier, Ashlee Klimpel, Zachary Walther

Skunk River Review

No abstract provided.

Review Of Such Good Work, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Amidst A Bottled Word: Poetry & Prose, Carlos J. Peralta

Honors Undergraduate Theses

"Amidst a Bottled Word: Poetry and Prose" includes a variety of different themes, styles, and genre—many reflecting a cynical or ironic tone. This eclectic thesis reflects the wide-ranging interest of its creator. The stories within this collection are a thriller and a work of speculative fiction, the former supernatural and the latter near future or science fiction. In one story, "The Man Behind the Curtain," Val, the older of two young sisters, must protect herself and her sister while enduring a weekend visit to her estranged Grandparents' house, while signs of a mysterious man keep emerging throughout their stay. The …

Section Introduction: Echoes, Ryley Bonferraro, Tyler Howcott, Katie Randall

Intertext

No abstract provided.

Moveable Floors, Caroline Casper

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

Migizi Looks Back Upon Wazhashk, D. A. Lockhart

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

No Alterations, John Gifford

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

Broken Candy, Marina Nichols

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Mobilis In Mobili, Natasha Lvovich

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Prosthesis, Matthew Quin

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

“Prosthesis” is a collection of short fiction that explores, primarily, loss. Whether it’s the loss of a friend, the devastation in the wake of a failed marriage, or the emptiness that occurs when one’s overriding personal philosophy is suddenly suspect, the protagonists in each of the stories in this collection put themselves on trial, post-loss, and struggle to metabolize their new realities. The stories in this collection aren’t looking for answers, but rather to add to the rich history of self-aware literature that has preceded it; that life has no certainty, is never static; that the only way to effectively …

Day By Day, Casey Springer

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

My thesis titled Day By Day, is a collection of stories of the family unit being forced into turmoil and illness.

Good Fortune, Bill Gaythwaite

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

Stolen Or Come Fire, Angie Macri

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

Death's Head, Tyler Atwood

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

Less Chance For Disappointment, Andie Francis

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.

When You Meet Me Again: A Novel, Jacob O. Hyatt

Honors Theses

This document is Part One of a novel. Join an unnamed central character and five other odd individuals on a journey through a near-future college landscape, where a virtual-reality sandbox world called "Daydreamz" provides people with the opportunity to do whatever they want in a fake landscape of their own creation. This freedom ultimately comes with a deadly cost...

Only One Set Of Bones, Norma Calway-Fagen

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

A collection of short stories, four of which are linked.

Oj, David Aldridge

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

On his first leave from Vietnam, a soldier visits his brother, an All-American placekicker for the USC Trojans before their 1967 game with Notre Dame, and meets OJ Simpson.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so …

Elizabeth Bennet Whispering Hush, Jessie Fales

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Hambone, Theodore Wampuszyc

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Monday, Emma Fergusson

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Dr. Mengelt, Marc Allan

Graduate Thesis Collection

An obstetrician implants microchips in the babies he delivers so he can track their movements when they get older. The doctor is a white supremacist and determined to find evidence that supports his twisted vision of racial distinction. Eighteen years after his first implantations, two of the children he worked with commit a particularly brutal murder. The doctor turns them in anonymously and quickly becomes a kind of folk hero. But after a relentless New York Daily News reporter finds out how the murderers were identified, the doctor becomes a man on the run.

The Damsel Can Rescue Herself: Subverting Common Literary Tropes Of The Fantasy Genre, Melissa N. Hurlburt

Honors Theses and Capstones

This thesis consists of a fantasy novella. A character-driven work, it focuses on internal conflicts rather than the external conflicts and grand, sweeping plotlines that are typical of fantasy novels. Taye is an aerial performer with the king’s circus troupe, Corracha. She is also the vigilante Saorsa, a figure who fights against the injustices the king of Monadh inflicts upon the kingdom’s immigrants. A young woman haunted by her past and struggling to make something of herself in a male-dominated society, she must confront her inner demons when she is injured during a performance. She relies on her best friend …

The Naked, Running, Screaming Girl, Norman Miller

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

Unable to sleep, an old veteran of Vietnam spends his time and money in a bar, where he meets the perfect person to listen to him.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and …

A Reflection On A Dhc Senior Project: "Silvie Danger", Breann Watterson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

This is a reflection about an Honors College Research Project. The project was a work of historical fiction concerning the coming-of-age of a young woman in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

The Torment Of Exile And The Aesthetics Of Nostalgia : Transnational Chinese Neo-Romanticism In Xu Xu’S Post-War Fiction, Frederik H. Green

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

Physical exile certainly was a painful reality for Xu Xu. Restorative nostalgia might to some extent have informed his literary activity in those years. However, nostalgia in Xu Xu’s postwar fiction, I will argue in this paper, constitutes above all the expression of a quest for a purely aesthetic utopia that had already begun to take shape in his pre-war oeuvre and that came to full fruition in his post-war fiction. By analyzing a number of Xu Xu’s novellas from Hong Kong, such as Bird Talk, The Other Shore 彼岸 (1951), and The All-Souls Tree 百靈樹 (1954), I will show …

Litmag 2017-18, University Of Missouri-St. Louis, Kathryne Johanna Watt

Litmag

The mission of the journal is to nurture the creativity of the students, staff, and alumni by increasing awareness of the vigorous literary talent on UMSL’s campus. We aim to produce a professional, high-quality publication that gives budding writers and artists a venue to display their work and experience the exciting world of publishing. The journal is offered to the campus and local community free of charge, a service we are committed to maintaining.

Life Sucks: Classifying Transgressive Fiction, Jena Christianson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the genre of transgressive fiction and locates my own creative work within this genre. Los Angeles Times writer Michael Silverblatt popularized the term transgressive fiction in 1993 and associates authors such as Dennis Cooper, Kathy Acker, Roland Barthes, Bret Easton Ellis, Michel Foucault, William Gass, Jean Genet, and William Burroughs with the genre; however, the definition of transgressive fiction remains elusive. Therefore, in my first chapter, I analyze three transgressive novels—Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, and Tony Tullamuthe’s Private Citizens. My second chapter consists of selections from my creative work, a transgressive novel …