Browsing by Subject "fiction"
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Apartment in Viareggio: A Collection of Short Stories With Critical Introduction
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)This collection represents stories written during a three year period, from the fall of 2004 to the spring of 2007. All of the stories, with the exception of "Flyover," were written for fiction workshops at Oklahoma State. ... -
Chasing Strange: a Collection of Short Storiees
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)Chasing Strange consists of stories written between 2006 and 2012, many for graduate level workshops at Oklahoma State University. The collection consists of connected stories featuring characters on the brink in every ... -
Clouds of dirt and glass
(2020-05)There is a large goldmining colony near the top of the Peruvian Andes named La Rinconada. Over fifty-thousand people have made a home here, and my composite novel, Clouds of Dirt and Glass, follows the lives of a select ... -
Driving to Heaven and Other Stories
(2022-05-14)Driving to Heaven and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction and creative nonfiction focused on the themes of family, religion, addiction, and exile. These works were written, compiled, and collated between Fall ... -
Fact or Fiction? Children’s Preferences for Real Versus Make-Believe Stories
(Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 2015-03-01)Some children and adults are more drawn to the imaginary than others. Here, we examine whether developmental differences also play a role in the degree to which individuals are drawn to make-believe stories over real ones ... -
Father Abraham
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-05-01)FATHER ABRAHAM is a collection of original fiction comprised of five short stories and one novella-length work. As the title suggests, the stories delve deeply into themes of fatherhood, and often explore the darker side ... -
Grave blankets, now available!
(2017-05)Grave Blankets, Now Available! is a literary fiction short story collection consisting of eight connected stories. The collection begins during the Civil War, when two deserters from Sherman's army discover the aftermath ... -
Prayers of the Dark-hearted: A Collection of Linked Stories
(2023-05-12)“Prayers of the Dark-hearted” is a collection of linked stories written and revised between the fall of 2021 and the spring of 2023. These stories are often autobiographical in nature, but largely fictional, focusing on ... -
Representations of readers and reading experiences in young adult fiction
(2021-05)Much research exists about adolescent reading, particularly young adult literature (Allington, 2014; Gallagher & Kittle, 2018; Krashen, 2009). Within that body of research are explorations of nontraditional reading experiences ... -
Selections from The Milwaukee Tavern
(2021-05-14)Set in Oklahoma beginning in late 1969, Elaine Russell is a young, Black closeted lesbian woman recently hired on as a reporter for a Tulsa area broadcast news station, and Wendy Webster is a young white woman who has been ...