Familial disputes or bicultural identities as a point of conflict for its characters will be a unifying theme of this collection of short stories, flash fiction, micro fiction and vignettes. Many of the stories can be ...
In a far-distant future, where humans possess the technology to link their minds directly to an immersive virtual universe, most Americans have permanently fled to this alternate reality, leaving a crumbling world and their ...
This thesis comprises roughly the first half of the in-progress novel Big Fun. It is told from two perspectives: Minji Choi, a university drop-out hikikomori, and Simon Koo, a recently fired philosophy professor. When Simon ...
In Sjomere, the last crumbling city of a far-future earth, the seer Aoife dreams of escaping her life as a slave. As the foretold day approaches, Aoife and her five-year-old son, Mika, a child born of rape, along with ...
My thesis is a novel about the life and death of an American chef, told through his autopsy. Entitled The Dissection, it is told in two narratives: the chef, August Sweeney, a Pantagruelian figure, mad for meat and offal, ...
This thesis, titled Enclave Amplified, is a creative fiction novel following a 20-year old named Evie Garcia. My thesis is interesting as Evie is both our protagonist and also the major villain. Featuring flashbacks and ...
This thesis provides the first fourth of a novel which follows two brothers as they travel through France and into Switzerland—one on his way to die by way of physician-assisted suicide and the other attempting to convince ...
This thesis is an excerpt of a novel in progress titled The Monument. The central narrative follows three characters on a quest for sanctuary at the southern border in a post-collapse United States. As these characters ...
Over a hundred years ago in a small Asian village, a young man grows up with the sister he believes to be his twin. She falls ill when they are thirteen with a condition resistant to traditional medical treatment. Relying ...
Prospect Street (working title) tells the story of a girl named Mabel. At seven years old, she is abandoned by her mother on her grandparents’ doorstep. Failing to adjust to her new living situation, Mabel runs away into ...
While covering the disappearance of a college student in Appalachian Kentucky, rookie TV journalist Adrienne Byrne discovers she knows the main suspect, Ethan Adams. As Adrienne is drawn deeper into the case, she must ...
This thesis is a collection of linked short stories centered around the loss and guilt of one family. Marie is the mother of Lila and the grandmother of Nicole. Marie’s mother dies when she is young, causing her to grow ...
Openly gay Elaine Owens is a survivor of a car accident that killed both her parents. She relives the accident in her sleep and every time she gets in a car, until, amidst a panic attack, she almost jumps from her aunt’s ...