Monsters -- Fiction

Overview "This thesis explores themes of monstrosity, humanity, trust, and friendship through the life of Jynx. When Jynx kills one bad king only to unknowingly allow a pure tyrant to take his place, she fights to fix her mistake and restore the throne to its rightful ruler. But the only way to save the world is to embrace what the world hates most: her shadow monster half. Intended for New Adult readers and set in the high fantasy genre, this thesis is full of kings, monsters, good, evil, and one...

Overview "Alana is a mystery among myths: A forbidden blending of dark elf and orc (driven to "extinction" centuries ago). Alana is truly a child of the African diaspora; and the bastard scion of a noble Elven house, and the last descendent of a lost Orcish clan. Trust, these ain't Tolkien's orcs. She is also supposedly destined to end the world, or save it, depending on which myths you read. Since she's known to be a screw-up, it could really go either way. Pale Through Her Eyes is an urban fantasy...

Overview "Concrete's cooking in Opelousas, Louisiana and JOSELINE (16) desperately wants to forget about her troubles at home with a negligent mother and have the best Summer of her life with her two best-friends RODGER (15) and MIRACLE JOY (15). After what seems like a typical day at work cooking pizzas and selling beer to the trashy locals at the “great value” amusement park, the three friends get an alert that the park is on lockdown. Through the walkie talkie communication system they are alerted...

Overview "The Ghosts We Eat is an original collection of short fiction that takes place within a world just like ours alongside all too familiar monsters and magic living among us. Filled with brutal beauty and sprinkled with dry unflinching humor, this particular compilation explores hauntings that take on various shapes. From cannibals to aliens to young women redefining their constructed places within sex and intimacy, Prusko uses her stories to investigate how we face trauma head on whether it be...

Overview "The Malice is a completed novel that explores the fictional town of Harrow, Arkansas, where two young boys go missing every summer, and nobody—not the Sheriff, not the teachers, not even the missing kids' parents—seem to give a lick. It's only the boys in Harrow who know something is amiss, and when they grow up, they somehow forget, too. Fortunately for the boy who goes missing at the beginning of this book (Michael), his friends Doug, Floyd, Toni, and Jay haven't finished growing up yet,...

Overview "'Ungeheuer' is a complete, 80,000-word stand-alone novel in the horror genre. The story follows four main characters who find themselves threatened by monsters released from an underground cave by a group of amateur spelunkers. This novel uses real Texas landmarks and towns to blur the line between fact and fiction, and relies heavily on the heritage and folklore of the Texas settlers. It also explores the themes of young love and the hero's journey as the characters fight to survive by...

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This thesis is a project to design the interiors and exteriors of four books that explore what a monster is in form, action, and emotion: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë; Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.