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The Promethean, Volume 16, Revelation, 2008, English Department, Concordia University-Portland

The Promethean

On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of nations.
--Revelation 22:2

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.
--Margot Fonteyn

This year, The Promethean staff wanted a bold theme to complement last year's theme of Genesis. After much consideration, we felt Revelation would bring in a variety of submissions exploring the nature of endings and epiphanies. To our delight, this proved true, and we could not be more pleased …

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 …

We'll Hang Ourselves Tomorrow, Samuel Brendan Ruddick

Dissertations

This is a collection of short stories. They are all first person narratives. Most of them are told by men in their late twenties to mid-thirties. A couple of them are told by boys on the verge of adolescence. I can not tell you what they are about. I can tell you that they are very sad. I can also tell you that they are full of hope and wonder. Hence the title, a line taken from Godot. The reference to suicide might sound grim, but I would argue that if the world were without hope, we would hang ourselves …

The Revelation, Laura Wilson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Winner of the New Prize in Fiction

North, Jessica Rooney

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Prose

Hair Trigger 30, Columbia College Chicago

Hair Trigger

An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Alverne Ball, Donell Bonaparte, Tony Bowers, John Cahill, Max Glaessner, Sheree L. Greer, Mary Beth Hoerner, April Newman, Ashley Pflaumer, Daniel Prazer. Cover photograph: Cecil McDonald, Jr. 411 pages.

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 95, No. 2, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

2008 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.

The Lantern Vol. 75, No. 2, Spring 2008, Robert Whitehead, Stephanie Bartusis, Natalie Rokaski, Dayna Stein, Jennifer Mingolello, Josh Krigman, Tori Wynne, Jen Bowlan, India Mcghee, Nicole Dillie, John Lukacs, Steven Markoe, Andy Brienza, Christopher Schaeffer, Joshua Solomon, Christopher Curley, Eric Relvas, Michael Taggart, Dan Sergeant, Samantha Owen, Patrick Hayakawa, Laurel Salvo, Ian O'Neill

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• In a French Courtyard at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Picky Mangoes
• And for My Un-Birthday I Drank Poets' Tea and Got to See
• Tree-Baby
• Wrestling With Plants
• I Smile
• Walking Home
• The Wall Between
• Phalangese, or the Art of Speaking to Fingers
• Early Spring
• Karma Kids
• A Bazaar Triptych
• The Joys of Ritual Circumcision
• [Of] Archetype[s] or I Don't Like Your Poetry
• Truth and Beauty Bombed
• Chevalier Anachronistic
• Kinds of Birds
• Sparknotes Entry for The Changing Tide by Eric Relvas
• …

You Will Come Safe From The Sea, Peter J. Geye

Dissertations

Set against the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior, "You Will Come Safe From the Sea" examines the lives of Olaf and Noah Torr, a father and son whose long estrangement began after Olaf survived a shipwreck on Lake Superior. Thirty years after the wreck, Olaf is dying of cancer and has asked his son home to help him die. Over the course of two weeks in November, the protagonists learn each other's lives and summon the courage to forgive. Multiple stories-within-the-story evolve, including the harrowing account of the wreck of the SSRagnarek (Olaf s ore boat), and Noah's own …

Nexus, Spring 2008, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.

The Life And Death Of A Pizza Boy, Nick Simberg

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduate requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

The Eight-Dollar Bill, Wendy Stiles-Tardieu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

"The Eight-Dollar Bill" is a collection of tales that explores human isolation and displacement accented by the backdrop of magic and mystery. The characters are often cynical and disenchanted while harboring deeply suppressed longings. They are guided by strange events and circumstances that ultimately transform their world-views. Each story provides a window into an ordinary life at the moment it slips into the extraordinary. The common thread of loneliness and loss runs throughout the collection, explored with multiple points of view and interconnected plots that link characters and places. The title story follows a divorced, detached banker who is jolted …

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 …

Wind Through The Buffalo Grass: A Lakota Story Cycle, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

Wind Through the Buffalo Grass: A Lakota Story Cycle is a narrative history of the Pine Ridge Lakota tribe of South Dakota, following its history from 1850 to the present day through historical events and through the stories of four fictional Lakota children, each related by descent and separated from one another by two generations. The ecology of the Pine Ridge region, especially its mammalian and avian wildlife, is woven into the stories of the children. Illustrated by the author, the book indudes drawings of Pine Ridge wildlife, regional maps, and Native American pictorial art. Appendices indude a listing of …

Inscape 2008, Morehead State University

Inscape: Art & Literary Magazine Archive

The 2008 edition of the Inscape: Literary and Art Magazine.

Litmag 2007-08, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Litmag

Litmag is a student-run literary magazine published annually each spring through the English Department. Our purpose is to promote the creative work of students and staff and increase awareness of the ever-present literary talent on UMSL’s campus. We aim to produce a high quality journal that gives emerging writers and artists a venue to display their work and experience the world of professional publishing.

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 95, No. 1, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

One Night, Alison F. Mccabe

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

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.

Skunk River Review 2007-08, Vol 20, Roselyn Habart, Shelaine Tuytschaevers, Chris Bollhoefer, Nancy Coons, Rachel Vanraden, Amber Buldhaupt, Nicholas Adams, Julie Van Cleave, Rebekah Casciato, Semina Ademovic, Rebekah Schnackel, Lynn Tazzioli, Parminder Kaur Papial, Michele Reeve, Christopher Colgrove, Teasloach Chamjous, Molly Henkenius, Victoria Anderson, Alicia Sealey, Adam Foust

Skunk River Review

No abstract provided.

Brimming, Shane Alan Noecker

Bryant Literary Review

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

The Mercury 2008

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Crossing The Street, Eric T. Canzano

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Day In The Life, John R. Pittenger

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

Phantom, Stephanie Yates

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

A Giant Outside The Window, Laura Citino

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Superfan, Erin Beal

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Wake, Jacob Frye

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Joints And Connectors, Rachel Eve Moulton

Bryant Literary Review

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