Emerson thesis -- Popular fiction writing and publishing
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:
When Zombies Appear (Vol. 1 in Meg's Magical Mishaps), 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_hicks_shawna.pdf
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"Dark Magic and Magical Creature Enforcement Task Force Detective Meg Madison is up to her elbows in zombies. The gross decaying beings seem to be popping up across the entire Dallas-Fort Worth Area, and Meg, her ghostly partner Vex, and their probationary knave officer Jack can't seem to figure out what or who is making them. Humans are in danger, magical creatures are in danger, and their jobs even seem to be in danger as the race is on to catch the dark magic-wielding culprit before the...
Dates:
2022
Whispers of Madness, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_pillar_erik.pdf
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"The following thesis is the first 100 pages of the novel, Whispers of Madness. The work is of the epic fantasy genre, and when completed will serves as book one out of a planned multi novel series. Whispers of Madness follows the journey of two young adults seeking meaning and answers from the world. Alexis is a woman on a mission for knowledge of events past. She seeks the secrets of a great disaster, one that affected her life deeply and personally. Toward that end, she finds what she...
Dates:
2019
Wings, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_wendt_taylor.pdf
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"One sunny and otherwise perfect day, neurotic young mother Fiona notices fuzz on her newborn baby's back and becomes obsessed with the idea that he is growing wings. As she spirals into a postpartum-depression-fueled fixation while desperately trying to avoid being re-committed to the psychiatric hospital, her fiancé John abruptly relocates the little family to his mother Susan's rental bungalow. As Fiona grows closer to her future in-laws, she notices odd inconsistencies in their shared...
Dates:
2022
World Breaker, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_green_marleigh.pdf
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"World Breaker is an adult high fantasy multi-POV novel by Marleigh Green. It follows two central characters; Delphine, a woman with amnesia, as she navigates the Imani Empire and dodges violent enemies in an effort to regain her memories; and Alder, a soldier for the Imani Empire who feels an inexplicably powerful emotional connection to Delphine, as if he knew her in a past life. As they journey to Lilistadt, the capital of Imani, they are hunted by an enemy of Delphine's known as the...
Dates:
2024
Wrath: A Sins of Man Novel, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020spring_drewry_stephanie_pennington.pdf
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"Maria Ramirez and Cameron Darcy's worlds collide when a missing person entagles them in a web of lies and tragedy forcing them to lean on each other to find their way to the truth. Maria, a journalist, tries to leave her small town life and secrets behind when she moves to the city of Baton Rouge. But the past soon catches up to her and she'll have a choice to make if she wants to reclaim herself. P.I. Cameron Darcy is about finding his target, moving in, so he can move on. Always looking...
Dates:
2020
Zahara, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_grazia_sierra.pdf
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"Ten years ago, Sarsa Pain was spared by the Issa witches of the desert. But in exchange for her life, Sarsa was made into an Arlen, an ancient warrior that has been outlawed for centuries––a warrior bound to the mind of her master. Sarsa's new assignment is not only impossible; it could change the fate of the dying world. Sarsa must kill the Centh Emperor, a man more ghost than mortal. Using a prisoner named Baden Prime as her guide, Sarsa leads a group of disguised Issa warriors into enemy...
Dates:
2024