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A Lesson on Gravity: A Collection of First-Person Horror Short Stories
(2023-04-28)
This thesis is a collection of short stories told from the first person point of view. All the stories are horror themed, some comedic, some not. Each story presents a character wrestling with an internal conflict while ...
The Lullaby Woman
(2023-01-09)
This thesis represents the beginning of my novel in progress, Lullaby Woman,
which is a creative piece of fantasy relying on the themes of mis-told histories as tools of
oppression, and tales and myths as tools of a culture’s ...
A Wolf at the Door
(2023-04-25)
Clare, an artist with empty pockets, was recently rejected from a gallery show. She had a lot riding on this submission emotionally, since the painting she submitted helped her process the attempted assault she faced at ...
American Vulgarities
(2023-01-24)
A powerful point may be made from a base or offensive utterance, but a pervading stigma, rooted in the royal courts of England, exists when members of a “lower class” conveys the same point in the language of the people. ...
Future Ruins: Stories
(2023-10-10)
Future Ruins is a collection of linked stories that explores the history of human colonization on the planet Ilova.
The first story, “The Firemade,” takes place in one of the earliest human settlements on the planet. It ...
Idyllwild
(2023-10-04)
My literary novel titled Idyllwild is set in the upscale Michigan suburb of Idyllwild during the 1990s. The protagonist Edith (Edie) Arthur counts the months until high school graduation. Since moving to Idyllwild eight ...
Novel Excerpt: Paulownia
(2023-12-15)
This project is an excerpt from a full-length novel in progress. In the space of one
year, the novel explores the essence of family; from the lifelong impact of childhood
traumas, and the commonplace yet lasting imprint ...
Good Friday - Chapters I-IV
(2024-01-04)
On a chilly Saturday morning, a man was shot to death in his parents’ dining room, on their family farm, in a small Iowa town. His mother and father had been bound and held captive throughout the previous night by an armed ...
The Obliviscium
(2024-01-05)
In the Obliviscium, information is just as
mortal as a person. When knowledge falls out of the collective human consciousness, it
goes to “die” in the archival library of the afterlife, where it is perusable by the
inhabitants ...
Memorial Day
(2024-01-02)
Memorial Day is a collection of six short stories. The narratives take place in various periods, from the nineteen fifties to present times, and in diverse geographical settings: the United States, France, and Brazil. ...