Emerson thesis -- Popular fiction writing and publishing
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:
In Too Deep, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_messer_kimberly.pdf
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"In Too Deep is a YA novel about Autumn and Lucas, two teenagers that discover the value of friendship and trust while navigating the ins and outs of high school drama, divorce, and grief. Autumn must learn to love herself without validation from others. Lucas is a teenage sea monster who must keep his identity secret while maneuvering through the guilt he feels over the loss of his brother." -- Abstract
Dates:
2022
Jynxed: The Revenant, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_hudson_paige.pdf
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"Jynxed: The Revenant is the first novel of a trilogy which details a teenage girl's journey coming to terms with the Jynx, a rare type of magic responsible for the thousands killed the very day she was born. Sole living Jynx Jackie Krowley is released after a life incarcerated, now under the protection of Title Eighty-Three per her dead parents' wishes, arguing the autonomy of Jynxed individuals. The majority of New Hampshire's magical community opposes this decision, and a people's party...
Dates:
2023
Lethe, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_oneal_jerica.pdf
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"A plummet into a river. A struggle for life. A loss of consciousness. LETHE is the story of a woman who wakes up with no memory of who she is, where she is, or how she got there. She is found by Hypnos, the god of sleep, who journeys with her as she tries to rediscover her identity. However, with souls going missing, and mysterious glimpses of catastrophic deaths, there is trouble afoot in the Underworld, and it all seems connected to Lethe. Armed with a burgeoning power, she must figure...
Dates:
2023
Levels of Hell, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020spring_quiroz-diez_tatiana.pdf
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"Where everyone's a sinner, the real virtue is figuring out how not to fall under the temptations. Levels of Hell follows a girl named Blythe who finds herself in Hell after some unfortunate incidents in her life right before she dies. In this version of Hell, The Seven Deadly Sins are the big bosses, and they are each responsible for their level. Only time will tell if she'll be able to overcome all Seven Deadly Sins and see if she can pass her final judgment and get into Heaven or stay to...
Dates:
2020
Like Rats in a Swarm, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_raker_katie.pdf
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"Like Rats in a Swarm is a young adult fantasy novel. The first in a series and focuses on Yadira "Dead Eye" Alamilla, a one-eyed hunter living in an overgrown dystopian world. Magic has been lost and Yadira and her people are only protected from the overgrown animals and the dangerous faerie by the walls of their isolated city. They are fearful of anyone beyond their walls, including Druids, Faeries, and Free Travelers who navigate the overgrown world with ease. After a hunt goes wrong,...
Dates:
2022
Litany of the Bone Saint, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_fergione_ken.pdf
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"Sister Roksana, Priestess of Death, recruits Mihaela, innkeeper aspiring to practice magic, to confront a mysterious evil surrounding the fabled city, Death's End. An evil that the city's Lord Mayor, August Bane, and Librarian, Ulyana, accidentally free—a millennia old Queen that once ruled. As their investigations progress the three point of view characters, Roksana, Mihaela, and Ulyana, wrestle with their responsibilities, to the world and to the people they love, and find their faith...
Dates:
2023
Lord of Nightmares, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_reichert_william.pdf
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"Lord of Nightmares is a Young Adult Urban Fantasy novel of roughly 135,000 words. When the tyrannical witch ruling over America's magical population is deposed, her son narrowly escapes with his life. Emeric spends his exile dreaming of reuniting with his sisters and avenging the life he was promised. Years later, he is discovered hiding in the woods and brought to the estate of a powerful witch family, who wish to clear him of the sins of his mother and reintroduce him to society....
Dates:
2023
Lunule, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_watkins_katelynn.pdf
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"These first pages of Lunule set the tone for a fantasy and suspense novel that takes place in modern Boston. When private investigator Emma Finn tracks a former mark in pursuit of a mutual acquaintance, she unknowingly inserts herself in an underground world that mingles undetected with humanity. After a close encounter with one, she learns that not only are werewolves and other supernatural creatures real, but that she fits in better with them than she would have ever thought." --...
Dates:
2019
Mara, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018spring_washburn_becca.pdf
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"A young boy growing up in a world broken by a cataclysm generations earlier meets a wanderer named Mara. She begins to tell him stories, some parables and some of her own life, that slowly reveal how she is intrinsically linked to that cataclysmic event, known as the Snap." --Abstract.
Dates:
2018
Margins, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_dirusso_chris.pdf
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"Here is the first 114 pages and the synopsis of Margins, a speculative fiction novel and the first of a planned series called River Walker. The novel follows the main character as he comes to terms with his postcognitive gift maturing and reunites other lost brethren across the globe, while evading and planning a way to defeat a mysterious man that needs his blood. This novel uses chronic migraine mixed with a fantastical ability to elicit an emotional response and blend reality with...
Dates:
2019
Maulo, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_carter_amariah.pdf
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"This name-based story, Maulo, follows a Mahalean island boy on an impromptu adventure to find his way back home. From uncharted islands claiming his homeland doesn't exist to mystical creatures trying to capture the glowing gem embedded within his chest, he finds there is too much of reality he has been shielded from. Along the way he creates a small band of friends to help him on his journey. The new discoveries he encounters could either lead to closure of where his parents are or cause a...
Dates:
2023
May and June, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_davenport_sydney.pdf
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"May and June is a novel about twin sisters visiting their recently divorced father in the small town of Comfort, Virginia. Unfortunately, things in Comfort aren't what they appear. After accepting an invitation to a party with local students, the girls stumble upon a coven of witches sacrificing young women in the woods. When they are caught watching, May is given an ultimatum: provide a new sacrifice before the next full moon or her sister June will be next. May is forced into a moral...
Dates:
2022
Midnight Dreamer, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023summer_fernandes_meghan.pdf
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"Midnight Dreamer is a Young Adult Fantasy novel with series potential. It centers around a female protagonist named Aurelia, who is coming of age. Aurelia fights to right the wrongs in the Kingdom of Eleverie, through means of deception as a thief. The power-hungry King violently executes anyone with magical abilities, which puts Aurelia and her sister at risk. In order to protect her sister from the inside, Aurelia must become a Royal Guard initiate. Meanwhile, Will Andrews, a dangerously...
Dates:
2023
Multitudes, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_barclay_hannah.pdf
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"June, an artist living in New York City, vetures [sic] to Austin, Texas, with her musician boyfriend and her best friend as a part of her boyfriend's national tour. The more time the group spends in Texas, the more June's psyche and relationships begin to unravel. June has the uncanny feeling she's been to this city before and when people begin calling her by a different name, she knows there's something her friends are not relling [sic] her. With the help of a local austinite, Priya, June...
Dates:
2023
My Husband Isn't Cheating And Other Short Stories, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021summer_fuller_daniel.pdf
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"The short stories included in this collection seek to explore the darker side of humanity. What happens when one person's obsessive love isn't reciprocated? How dangerous is a serial killer that knows how to control his impulses? Who would you side with, your husband or your best friend, when the consequences turn out to be deadly? What lengths would you go to find the answers you need? Some stories take a peek into the lives of those closest to us. How well do you know the man renting the...
Dates:
2021
Night Shift, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021spring_shen_maxine.pdf
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"This thesis is the first act of an urban fantasy mystery novel set in modern day New York City, at a time when where vampires and humans live, play, and work side-by-side with each other. These pages set up how Morgana Lux, a vampire and journalist at a tabloid newspaper, is drawn into an NYPD Paranormal Crimes Division investigation involving the appearance of dismembered body parts and partners up with Detective Edward Sterling to help identify and stop a killer whose victims are humans...
Dates:
2021
Noliv, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020spring_garrison_hunter.pdf
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"Humans and aliens are forced to work together when the satellite planet Noliv is attacked by the Warrior clan that destroyed the home planets of ten alien clans. Lyon, a former Mayoral candidate, must learn to overcome his prejudices against aliens and work with Drew, a Narkaroffabot alien, as he rallies the clans to unite with the human Mayors to fight the Warriors. Lyon and Drew face many challenges as Drew's mother attempts to sabotage them, the Mayors attempt to quarantine the clans,...
Dates:
2020
Of Wings and Thrones, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_basnuevo_victoria.pdf
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"Of Wings and Thrones is a dual-POV New Adult Fae Fantasy novel about a young Ferr guard, Aryn, and the challenges she faces when she comes of age and gets her wings and magical discipline. Aryn's wings signal a new beginning for the kingdom of Olyssia, but when her best friend and charge, Princess Nexia, is found dead and Aryn is blamed for the crime, the main character has few options to clear her name. One of these options is Prince Lyon, who is still grieving his late father, King...
Dates:
2022
On the wings of a butterfly series : [book one] the dreamer of entity, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018spring_pacheco_miranda.pdf
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"This is the first one hundred and eighty pages of the first book, The Dreamer of Eternity, in the epic fantasy trilogy, On the Wings of a Butterfly. The story follows seven characters through distinct multiple points of view as both their personal choices and events beyond their control impact their lives." --Abstract.
Dates:
2018
Out of Time, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_bordelove_emily.pdf
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"This young adult murder mystery follows Veda, a time traveler from another realm who was born to lessen the death and destruction caused by humans throughout their history. When her sister is murdered at her graduation ceremony and the leaders make little progress, Veda takes the situation in her own hands to find out who killed her sister and why. While dealing with grief as well as worsening obsessions and compulsions, she, her best friend and crush, Nazem, and her brother, Elijah, travel...
Dates:
2022