Love, Beasts & Nightmares

Date of Graduation

12-2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)

Degree Level

Graduate

Department

English

Advisor/Mentor

Jensen, Toni L.

Committee Member

Viswanathan, Padma

Second Committee Member

Hurt, Bryan

Keywords

Fiction; Short Stories; Weird

Abstract

In this collection, lines between reality and nightmares blur while anxieties and absurdities abound. The characters in these stories are all plagued by something monstrous: yearning, illness, duty. A father is prescribed pills by his doctor and experiences a nightmarish circus; a young man in the future spirals after the breaking of his steel umbrella; a newly engaged fiancée suffers a mysterious rash and embarks on a dark quest to be healed; and a boy receives an MRI in a world where supernatural entities have merged with science. Alternating between darkness and humor, Love, Beasts & Nightmares investigates human nature and its connection to the bestial.

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