Honors Theses

Lonely Just Like Me: Stories by Graham Cotten

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Tom Franklin

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This collection of stories represents the best of the fiction I wrote over the last year and a half, beginning in Edinburgh, Scotland, and ending in Oxford, Mississippi. The first story, “A Comedy of Surveillance,” follows a man who makes a conscious, rational decision to stalk the attractive dry cleaning lady the best he knows how. “Swamp Burning” tells the story of the wonder and betrayal of a boy in the Louisiana wetlands, and the dark side of family business. In “Lonely Just Like Me,” a windy day unravels the problems confronting a middle-aged businessman. The old man in “Magnetic North tries to convince his wife of a last trip northwards in his Cessna. An American safari guide explains what Africa has to offer, and what it asks in return, in “Hot Lead in the Stomach.” “The Nightshift of a Preacher” explores the limits and motives of a lonely preacher in a night encounter. In the last story, “Rangers,” the sohtude atop a fire lookout tower refines a father’s thoughts into a single, terrifying attempt at redemption. »> IV

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The author requested to remove access to the thesis on 07/24/2022.

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