Introduction [excerpts] My manuscript, Absolute Zero, is a work of wholly original science fiction, though some faculty mambers will recognize it as based in part off The Zero Complex, my undergraduate thesis. This version rethinks the socio-political structure, emphasizing the rampant commercialism and inescapable poverty of the Lower class, while also slowing the pacing to approach Anna, the protagonist, with more detail and interiority to her...

Project Statement [excerpt] In Cenchrus, the 24-year-old main character Moki Minori, and other minor characters experience nightmares, sleep paralysis, social anxiety, and a crippling generalized anxiety disorder that centers around the arrival of her strange new neighbor, Mr. Leon M. Grady. With the help of her friend and apartment mate, Ilya J. Ackermann, Moki must find out why she is connected to the stranger next door. In this piece, I aim to unsettle the readers with vivid...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...