Emerson thesis -- Popular fiction writing and publishing
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:
Queen of Smoke and Mirrors, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_ferraro_isabella.pdf
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"Narcissa of the Rift has grown up wanting only one thing—to become the Advisor to her brother's royal crown. She has spent her entire life proving herself to be the most qualified for the role. The problem? Her brother isn't convinced. When a group of rebels that call themselves The Crux begin to threaten the very crown meant for her brother's head, Narcissa commits herself to the task of defeating them, certain it will prove her worthiness. But when the magical Mirror of Fates goes...
Dates:
2023
Ricochet: Into the Black, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021summer_collins_emma.pdf
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"Captain Marcel Moffett of the deep-space freighter 'Vespera' is in trouble. A mysterious woman known only as 'Anubis' has threatened the life of his husband. To keep his family safe, Moffett must trick his mixed-species crew into flying deep into dangerous X-Space territory to salvage a derelict station full of secrets. Back on Earth, Jaeden Halifax is excited to start her life with her boyfriend and finally be free Pittsburgh's scrap yards…until a sudden betrayal sends her into a spiral...
Dates:
2021
Salamangka, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018fall_paranada_daryl.pdf
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"What would make you give up the real world to live in paradise? That question is at the heart of my 83,000-word Young Adult novel Salamangka. When 15 year olds Marisol Garcia and Yussuf Yacoubi discover a magical portal to a colorful utopia, they must make a choice: live forever in paradise or at home. Life in Los Angeles is tough for these teenagers, who face discrimination and other issues that make living in the fantasy world Salamangka appealing. But is paradise really everything that...
Dates:
2018
Samara, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_gomez_alexandra.pdf
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"This project is an excerpt of 'Samara,' a romantic Fantasy Adventure with the soul and sensibilities of the Victorian era. In a city ruled by strict class hierarchy and a militant Lord Protector, magic is outlawed as a dangerous an unpredictible curse. Here a young seamstress makes an unsavory deal to save her younger brother, discovering she has illicit magic of her own. After a literal tumble down a magic well with a lawyer-turned-criminal, they must find their way home in an unfamiliar...
Dates:
2020
Secrets in Blood, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_schumaker_katherine.pdf
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"Sabine, a medical illustrator, and her father, Docteur Claude Cloutier, an experimental and shamed surgeon in the country of Val Romais, are summoned to the Palace to treat Princess Vivienne for a mysterious illness that turns her blood against her. As Sabine and her father work in the Palace with some of the brightest medical minds on the continent, they discover that certain illnesses cannot be explained through modern medicine alone. Blood stains the halls of the royal home, and...
Dates:
2023
Sesame, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_stewart_lisa.pdf
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"The aim of this thesis was to create a work of popular fiction in the horror genre. This thesis contains a section of a novel set in the rural New York town of Red Creek. A ten-year old girl named Laura lives with her mother, who is possessed by menacing ghosts. The mother, colloquially known as Mama, threatens Laura and keeps her isolated within their house that borders a vast rail yard. Laura, desperate to escape, explores the rail yard, dreaming of finding a way out. She meets a...
Dates:
2022
Shadows of Memory, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_johnson_emily.pdf
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"The story follows witty and sarcastic Zoe, a sixteen-year-old girl, as she and her fellow humans are being held hostage on the planet Sudeer by reptilian overlords called Trogs. She discovers who she is and what she is capable of while living in a harsh, oppressive atmosphere where she fights for the Trogs' amusement. Earth is just a shadow of a memory, but it is their best and only chance at living the life they always knew they could. A place where she could actually date Carter, the...
Dates:
2021
Sharing Moonlight, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_sterling_katsumi.pdf
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"Sharing Moonlight is the first installment of a multi-POV New Adult Fantasy series about Miro, a young survivor of the kaimeira massacre ninety years ago, and the challenges he faces after he is forced to seek the truth and his lost twin in human form. When the eadile clan's disappearance sparks mass panic, Miro's choices are limited. One of them is Aiden, an eadile enforcer who helped him before. Once found, Miro learns that Aiden is embroiled in a civil war that has drawn the ire of the...
Dates:
2023
Shattered Margins, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_savage_joseph.pdf
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"Shattered Margins is a 70,000 word science fiction medical thriller that picks up a century later where H.G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau left off. Dr. Kaz Smith is an "almost" man. He's almost rich, almost happy, and, as of this morning, almost dead. After he gets home from a night shift in a small New Mexico hospital emergency department, a woman comes to his front door, imploring him to leave immediately. But she won't say why. Naturally, Kaz is reluctant to go with her, until she...
Dates:
2023
Shattered Sun, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_vacanti_antonio.pdf
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"The nation of Anari has been entrenched in civil war for over two centuries as warring successor kingdoms vie for supremacy. Casil, born as a slave to the nobility, is bought by the enigmatic Captain Avreka of the mercenary company the Shattered Suns. the Suns become a second family to Casil. In the present, Casil now commands the Suns after the death of Avreka. He is haunted by his past and the newfound responsibility of his inheritance. The Suns have been employed by a Kingdom on the...
Dates:
2023
Signs and Wonders, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023summer_hieber_leah.pdf
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"Yaeli, a young female rabbi, accepts her first rabbinical position in Siuslaw Oregon, the site of her greatest secret regret. She fears encountering her former best friend, Molly, whom Yaeli abandoned the morning after their secret wedding. Yaeli fears that Molly might still be living in Siuslaw and that an encounter might force them to confront this painful memory. While serving as the Siuslaw rabbi, Yaeli receives a surprise visit from her estranged twin brother, Danny, who she believes...
Dates:
2023
Silence, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021summer_croasdale_caraline.pdf
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"Silence. is a modern fantasy with high fantasy elements. It explores the themes of growth, found family, love and how to communicate when the spoken word is insufficient. Set in 2001, Yeshaya, an alien in Area 51's custody, breaks out to exorcise the god of Death possessing her and threatening to destroy Earth. Along the way she accidentally picks up Brianna (a sixteen year old from Phoenix), and Eli Richter (the angel sent to retrieve Brianna). Together they puzzle out ingredients for a...
Dates:
2021
Solveig's Saga, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_rhodes_kayla.pdf
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"This thesis explores the story of Solveig, a Viking shield maiden, as she confronts the challenges of an impending prophecy of war and nightmares of a terrifying being. As she navigates these obstacles, Solveig's faith in the gods is tested, and she must reconcile her belief with the unsettling events that unfold around her. In addition, she is driven by a quest for revenge for the murder of her adoptive father and seeks to claim the title of King of Jarls on the small continent island of...
Dates:
2023
Song of Water and Air: An Amphiverse Novel, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_zacchia_jillian.pdf
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"Song of Water and Air is a YA sci-fi fantasy of approximately 100,000 words. When a tsunami hits Lake Superior, Pan and her boyfriend nearly drown...until Pan realizes she can breathe underwater. Compelled to understand what that means, Pan returns to the lake and finds an underwater portal. Once through, she's stunned by the new world she discovers and guilt ridden by everything she left behind in her search for answers. On this new planet, called Asophos, Pan meets beings called Amphis...
Dates:
2022
Sons and Spies, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_corin_joshua.pdf
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"In the historical thriller Sons and Spies, semi-retired Jewish psychologist Saul Bregman learns that the State Department, as the result of an agreement with Germany, is about to declassify transcripts from WWII revealing the dark secret he has kept from his family for 50 years, that he is really Paul Lessing, son of infamous Nazi spy Johann Lessing, he must team up with an old enemy from the past to bury the intel forever by any means necessary." -- Abstract
Dates:
2022
Sorrow's Song, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_kamp_kayla.pdf
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"Serenity is a witch whose sister Iris was killed by Witch Hunters. Devastated by the loss, she turns to magic to bring Iris back to life. But something goes wrong and her sister comes back with no memory and sporting a pair of wings. Serenity doesn't care though, she's so ecstatic to have her sister back. That is, until she starts noticing that Iris doesn't act like herself. Did Serenity actually bring back her sister, or did something else take her place? Meanwhile, the Witch Hunters...
Dates:
2021
Soul Ravenger, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_senney_jessica.pdf
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"Isaac Waller never had an easy life. When he finds out he's a Soul Ravenger and is expected to collect souls for a man called Death, his life only gets harder as he begins to realize he's not very good at his destiny. After one drastic mistake lands him in Hell, he learns a difficult truth from his childhood. Isaac has to not only discover who he truly is, but also evade the higher power set on destroying his soul." -- Abstract
Dates:
2020
Spencer Family Adventure, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_jaggard_annabel.pdf
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"In this thesis, the intricate tapestry of familial relationships and the pervasive presence of grief are interwoven with threads of humor and adventure. The Spencer family, shattered by the recent loss of their father, embarks on a transformative journey to South Africa, seeking solace and unity as a family. Amidst the breathtaking landscapes, the family endeavors to forge new bonds, allowing grief to be a catalyst for growth. As they grapple with the complexities of loss, life in Africa...
Dates:
2023
Stargazer A Novel, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_santiago_anthony.pdf
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"The first half of Stargazer, a science-fantasy adventure novel, takes place in the distant future of an alternate Earth. Protagonist Kieran-lan is an extraterrestrial archaeologist whose people have been stranded on Earth for 10,000 years. When she lands herself a job as a consultant on a deep-space survey ship, she believes that she will have just the opportunity to answer the ages old questions about what happened to her people and why their history disappeared. Kieran-lan's desperate...
Dates:
2019
Stiff Jab, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_szulik_brendan.pdf
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"In this neo-noir, a violent mugging ends wiseass MMA fighter Eddie "The Enforcer" Engels' career—and his greatest romance. One year later, Eddie's a washed-up has-been until he receives an unexpected opportunity: a shot at the world title. But that's not all. He also learns the mugging that ruined his life was a hit gone wrong. His fiancée was the target. Talk about a one-two punch. Eddie soon realizes the mugging and the upcoming fight are mysteriously linked, and he fights his way through...
Dates:
2023