Everything the Way It Was is a collection of poetry.

This thesis is a collection of original poems written to fulfill the MFA thesis requirement.

"The Air Around a Dead Man" is a collection of poetry.

Emperors, Ghosts, and Fools is a collection of linked fantasy short stories culminating in a novella. The charactersâ concerns center on trying to reach Modus Perfectus, a musical utopia located in a just-out-of-reach island chain called the Apogean Islands in the Brimful Puddle. Those who yearn for Modus Perfectus include a hideously ugly woman who serves as a town troll, a gonzo architect, a music hater, a music addict, movie actors, rock stars, and sad sack birthday clowns. Their stories unfold, always with plenty of humor, in the form of told-beside-the-fire ghost tales and small town coming-of-age or small town has-been tales, in the gothic lair of a mad scientist, in the suspense of escaping a derailing train, or in the desire for one last chance at love despite being dead. The novella that resolves the action is set inside the Apogean Islands. Here the would-be citizens of Modus Perfectus meet the three Apogeans who will lead them, and discover a future much different than the one they had originally envisioned.

The Saphead is a collection of poems that attempts to examine how creative sensibilities take shape within an individual. The poems are arranged into sections to show the evolution of those sensibilities as they emerge out of formative experiences, are changed by adulthood, and ultimately become part of an entire artistic tradition.

Keeping the Bones is an original collection of poetry.

This is a collection of original poetry.

This thesis consists of sixty-nine short-shorts and one novella written during my time in the MFA program at North Carolina State University.

The purpose of my study has been to produce a book of poetry.

This is a collection of stories written in the three years that the author attended graduate school for creative writing at North Carolina State University.