Abstract:
This thesis comprises a collection of six short stories written and developed in
the Creative Writing program at Oregon State University and particularly in fiction
workshops with Dr. Tracy Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor. These stories explore the
human condition, and human connections, in contemporary society. The characters
here are ordinary people struggling in small ways and large to find their bearings in a
world where old maps are redrawn with perplexing frequency, landmarks disappear,
and coordinates shift without warning.
