Emerson thesis -- Popular fiction writing and publishing
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:
Chasing Shadows in Barrowed Light, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_danish_elahi_safina.pdf
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"Chasing Shadows in Borrowed Light is a work of fiction that deals with friendships and mental health across countries. A group of four friends who went to school together separate following a painful event, are thrown far apart from each other. In an attempt to disengage, three leave the country, while one stays back. The story begins when one of them reaches out to another announcing she would not be around any longer. The novel deals with complex issues such as molestation, childhood...
Dates:
2023
Clouds of Smoke and Whispers, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_lee_cassidy.pdf
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"The following is the first 112 pages of Of Smoke and Whispers, a queer, supernatural fantasy romance about two young women, one human, and one fae, who fight to understand their part in a prophecy and their growing attraction for each other. Piper, who doesn't see the value in loving when you're destined to lose, must fight to return home while battling the feelings blossoming where her heart used to be. The armor that Evanora, Crown Princess of Lendor built around herself is tested when...
Dates:
2024
Counterclock, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_madrigal_lizzy.pdf
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"Taya Vigil has known one world for her entire seventeen years. She's the daughter of a highly esteemed leader, she's about to graduate as a top student at the prestigous Heritage College, and her future is set. But her seemingly predictable life as a Counterclock, or someone who's able to move time, takes a turn when she becomes a primary suspect in the death of a student during an annual intercollegiate competition. In her attempt to save that student, Taya unknowingly jumpstarts the...
Dates:
2024
Crash, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_eldredge_charles.pdf
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"Thomas and Samantha were childhood best friends turned high school sweethearts. When Samantha moved away halfway through high school, their relationship faded and the two lost touch. Now, over ten years since the two last see each other, they crash into each other in their hometown on Thanksgiving weekend. Thomas has just lost his mother to a heart attack a few months after a career change and big break up. Samantha avoids her overbearing and pretentious family at Thanksgiving while...
Dates:
2024
Curse of the Raven, Call of the Bluebird, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_poisson_kristy.pdf
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"'Curse of the Raven, Call of the Bluebird' is the first novel in a New Adult Fantasy duology set in a fictious world that blends magic and technology. The two main characters are brought together by Jai's mysterious powers of destruction and Klaus's desperation to explore the world of magic. Together they uncover a secret plot to summon the creation deity known as the Bluebird, thus ushering in a new era of magic and power for the select few at the top of society. Jai's powers are the key...
Dates:
2021
Darkpaw - Book One, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_yap_jeremy.pdf
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"Darkpaw is a planned fantasy series set in the anthropomorphic world of Vulpinia and is aimed at both adult and young adult readers. The first book herein is a coming-of-age tale that focuses on the issues of racial prejudice, privilege, and nativism. These are experienced through the eyes of Argento Roughpaw, a war orphan rescued and adopted by Lady Miria Fairmane, general of the Vulpinia Empire. Despite the racism that Argento endures because of his fur color and scent, he rises to become...
Dates:
2022
Daughter Time, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_rossero_mackenzie.pdf
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"Daughter Time is the first installment of a Young Adult fantasy series following seventeen-year-old Vanna Mite as she finds her place in the Elemental Union, a country governed by four forces: Time, Death, Fate, and Creation. Plagued by secret visions of the future and marked by a mysterious brand on her cheek, Vanna's role in this world is larger than she realizes. Though Vanna doesn't yet know it, she owes her existence to Time, and she is but one pawn in his looming war against Death....
Dates:
2021
Dear Catherine, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018spring_canner_benjamin.pdf
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"Dear Catherine is an epistolary fantasy-horror following Elizabeth Sokolov, one of the most brilliant architects and engineers in the Empire. Ostracized by her society for her abilities and her gender, she nevertheless receives an invitation from the Emperor himself to construct his dream project: a new city in his name that will represent that could make her name. But this grand project comes at a dangerous time. An infectious madness sweeps across the red plains of the nation, driving the...
Dates:
2018
Depths, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_gordon_olivia.pdf
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"Depths is a science fiction story about learning to understand people different from oneself set in the middle of a war between two species battling for the right to colonize the same uninhabited planet. Its protagonist, Aven Torro, has a unique perspective into Dirt's—their enemy-turned-comrade—mind, but still struggles to overcome their assumptions and misconceptions. This conflict is further complicated by their personal desire for revenge after the death of their sister. Forced to work...
Dates:
2023
Dig Two Graves, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_zelvin_victoria.pdf
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"It's an old refrain: revenge jobs don't work. If you want revenge, you must first Dig Two Graves. Set in a fantasy city reminiscent of 1920s era Prohibition New York and told from alternating dual POVs, this is an adult fantasy sapphic heist novel. Washed up lightning mage Nell has a mad dream to rob a floating casino in the sky and she needs the best crew if she has a dream of getting away it, but there's just one problem: the best woman to plan the heist is her ex Sian, who currently...
Dates:
2023
Dimensions, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_goldthwaite_samantha.pdf
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"Alone after the deaths of his seven closest friends, Callan Thomas learns of the existence of the multiverse—and the fact that he and his friends are the subjects of a curse that follows them across the worlds. He is not the only one who was left alone, he finds; and so he sets out to bring together a new group of those who were left behind. In another world, Winter Williams and her friends stumble across a rift in the fabric of the universe, and encounter a being who seeks to destroy it...
Dates:
2023
Don't Say Yes, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_barquin_bailey.pdf
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"Phoenix is forced to put her dream of being a writer on pause to move back to her hometown and take care of her elderly father as he succumbs to his dementia diagnosis. While she excels at caring for her father, she struggles to care for herself as grapples with her depression. Life feels like a cycle of existential dread until she gets a package from her former best friend, whom she hasn't spoken to in four years, inviting her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding. Told in alternating...
Dates:
2024
Don't Speak, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021summer_scott_rachelle.pdf
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"The main character of Don't Speak is Kelsey Townsend, a sixteen-year-old girl who's struggling to deal with change. Midway through high school, her parents decide to move to another town, and Kelsey has to leave behind her best friend, as well her church, which she's very active in and attached to. After her parent's multiple attempts to get Kelsey to join their new church, she finally volunteers and meets a few teens from her new school. The most important one being Ben Michaelson. He was...
Dates:
2021
Drown, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_gaffney_tom.pdf
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"One year after Eddie King vanished in the cursed reservoir at Upper Merion State, Romana Jackson and her friends attend a bonfire at the same park. When one of Romana's close friends also goes missing in the reservoir, she befriends the only witness to Eddie's disappearance, Norie Atwood. Together they work with Detective Hopkinson of Upper Merion Missing Persons to uncover the truth and history of the reservoir. With a construction project looming that could expand the reservoir and...
Dates:
2024
Dulce Muerte—A Novel, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_guerrerolanguzzies_meralda.pdf
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"Dulce Muerte is a horror novel with supernatural elements set along the United States-Mexico border. It follows a young woman named Canela, who aspires to study forensic science, so she can help solve the rising number of femicides that plague her community. Her best friend's disappearance emboldens her to face her fears and make Death her best friend. This is a story about survival in the face of systemic gender inequality." -- Abstract
Dates:
2021
Encrypted, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023summer_helmen_emily.pdf
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"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...
Dates:
2023
Este, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_chalmers_anna.pdf
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"Este is a new student at a St. Xavier's Preparatory School, and is just trying to make it out in one piece after her troublemaking past got her expelled from her previous school. After witnessing a mysterious gathering of a secret club, Este's darkest secret is revealed to the entire school. The underground club tries to force St. Xavier's back to its more conservative past. With no help from the principal, Este must identify the group members on her own and stop them from bullying students...
Dates:
2020
Fantasy Unchained, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_hempel_dustin.pdf
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"Fantasy Unchained is a blend of the science fiction and fantasy genres, set in a near future Seattle and a new virtual reality online game that feels completely real. The story follows Aislinn Graham in her search for the Songmasters of Sarn in the game after she receives a mysterious letter from her dead mother. As she struggles in her search, the lines between the worlds begin to blur as she realizes the characters in the game may be sentient, and they have agendas of their own. Fantasy...
Dates:
2022
First Fae: A Journey of Magic and Chains, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_payeur_jordan.pdf
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"This thesis consists of the first 120 pages of a full-length novel in the fantasy genre. It is written in third-person limited and follows the story of three female points-of-view. Each chapter follows a different perspective, capturing the journey of the three main characters. The first point-of-view is about Edra, a former slave determined to earn her freedom. The second follows Blythe, a wealthy woman fighting to hold onto her independence. The final point-of-view is Myrna, a young...
Dates:
2023
Flora & Fauna, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_morgan_lexi.pdf
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"There is no peace without power. The caesar's assassination leaves a power vacuum every senator in Vis wants to exploit save Echo Dexius Valerius whose dream of a peaceful, prosperous state, house, and family shatters with his father's murder. Propelled into the heart of the conflict, he quickly learns neutrality is more dangerous than choosing a side. Xiomara Zapocteloma has long been powerless even as daughter to her city-state's king; her father may sit on the Sunflower Throne but his...
Dates:
2024