Writing, Linguistics & Creative Process: Recent submissions
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Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
(2019-12-20)<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Typical show business stories usually default to a fiery exposé of debauchery and bacchanalian excess designed to sell in those twirling display carousels at airport newsstands. But what about the untold ... -
Shadow Selves: A COLLECTION OF SHORT HORROR STORIES
(2019-12-16)<p>Horror stories are amongst the oldest forms of entertainment. The horror genre has focused on death, evil, demons, and life. The genre plays with the darker side of our psyches—the shadow self—and creates monsters, ... -
Failed States
(2019-12-16)<p>Failed States is a work of speculative fiction about a near-future America facing extinction. Relying on examples of historical and literary fiction in research for this project, the student explored techniques like ... -
The Riders Washed Ashore
(2019-12-18)<p>A seaside Connecticut town falls into economic ruin after a roller coaster disaster leaves twenty-one riders dead. Thirty years later, these same victims emerge from Long Island Sound and play on the beach as if no time ... -
Fifth Force
(2015-12-23)<p>Inspired by the four forces of quantum physics and the emergence of a possible fifth force influencing gravitational laws, this book of love poems probes the hidden energy between individuals. <em>Fifth Force</em> ... -
Reflections of a Father and Daughter
(2019-05-19)<p>Gottfried, a glass-maker, and his daughter Rose, a budding herbalist, are victims of the historical period in which they live. After losing two family members to plague, they move westward to settle in Metz. In their ... -
Enter the A.R.C.
(2019-05-19)<p>Enter the galaxy Chronia, a massive collection of individual stars and planets, once living in blissful peace under the gentle rule of the late King Alastor, and his loyal White Blade guardians. After a sinister and ... -
BURNING RIVER
(2019-05-12)<p>Emmy lives in a sleepy New Mexico town in 1952, where she yearns to escape and experience adventure. Her answer appears when alluring and devilishly handsome Joseph arrives. No one trusts him, yet Emmy becomes caught ... -
The Lights
(2018-12-07)<p>Frank Monroe and Mira Suvari are fundamentally different. Mira is an optimist, while Frank is a pessimist with more experience. Told in nine chapters and a short story, The Lights explores the consequences of being ... -
Encontra
(2019-05-01)<p><em>Encontra</em> is a fantasy romance novel of about 61,000 words. The story centers around Kyra and her four friends as they discover that they are the focus of a legend from a forgotten civilization. As she and her ... -
The Awakening
(2018-12-17)<p><em>The Awakening</em> follows the path of four individuals who find themselves subject to an ancient legend. When Justice, Parker, Declan and Londyn come together for the first time, their powers surge and they discover ... -
The Business of Travel Writing: The Creation of Accessible Family Travel Magazine
(2019-05-19)<p>The Business of Travel Writing is a collection of business and technical documents created in the process of starting an online and print publication, Accessible Family Travel Magazine and other associated travel writing. ... -
Four Fires
(2015-12-23)<p><em>Four Fires is a 90,000-word novel about coming of age in a military family. The</em></p> <p><em>story follows three generations of American veterans, capturing the nature of military</em></p> <p><em>tradition and ... -
CLEAVAGE
(2019-05-19)<p><em>Cleavage </em>is a collection of contemporary poems about the author’s experience with cancer, the effects of war, and relationships and nature. They attempt to identify opposing forces in the world and within ... -
The Royals on West Ave
(2018-12-17)<p><em>The Royals on West Ave </em>is a middle grade fiction novel centered around eleven year old Danielle, a girl who finds herself in a royal palace after her father disappears. Danielle’s unique world has many elements ... -
The Girls: Three Separate Works for the Screen
(2018-05-29)<p>The Girls: Three Separate Works for the Screen</p> <p>Women play many roles throughout their lives, but perhaps the most underestimated relationships they experience are the ones they share with one another, specifically ... -
Killing It
(2018-08-20)<p>Though Sloan has graduated college, she still lives with her parents in suburbia. It’s the late aughts and the economy has faltered. Poor job prospects dim Sloan’s view of life. She fights for a decent job and creative ... -
Children of Khaos
(2018-05-20)<p>Malika Andrews has no magick powers, no knowledge of the skeletons rattling in her family's closet, and no idea of the forces on the shadows gathering against her and those she cares about.</p> <p>All that is about to ... -
SHHH! NANA'S TALKING
(2018-05-05)<p><em>Shhh! Nana’s Talking</em> centers on important incidents, discussions, and confrontations, as well as the personal achievements of one African-American family. Individual essays guide the intention of these narratives ... -
Jesus in L.A.
(2018-04-01)<p><em>Jesus in L.A.</em> follows the lives of Jesus, the collection’s protagonist and the twenty-first-century version of Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, or “Christ,” the biblical version of Jesus Christ; and Jesus’ ex-girlfriend, ...