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Clichés -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Clichés in literature.
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Upside down : invert...
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Upside down : inverted tropes in storytelling / edited by Monica Valentinelli & Jaym Gates.
Lexington, KY : Apex Publications, 2016.
Subjects
Clichés -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Clichés in literature.
ISBN:
9781937009441 (paperback) :
1937009440 (paperback)
Description:
vii, 352 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction / Jerry Gordon -- Section I: Inverting the tropes. On loving bad boys: a villanelle / Valya Dudycz Lupescu -- Single, singularity / John Hornor Jacobs -- Lazzrus / Nisi Shawl -- Seeking truth / Elsa Sjunneson-Henry -- Thwock / Michelle Muenzler -- Can you tell me how to get to Paprika Place? / Michael R. Underwood -- Chosen / Anton Strout -- The white dragon / Alyssa Wong -- Her curse, how gently it comes undone / Haralambi Markov -- Burning bright / Shanna German -- Santa CIS (Episode 1: No saint) / Alethea Kontis -- Requiem for a manic pixie dream / Katy Harrad & Greg Stolze
The refrigerator in the girlfriend / Adam-Troy Castro -- The first blood of Poppy Dupree / Delilah S. Dawson -- Red light / Sara M. Harvey -- Until there is only hunger / Michael Matheson -- Super duper fly / Maurice Broaddus -- Drafty as a chain mail bikini / Kat Richardson -- Swan song / Michelle Lyons-McFarland -- Those who leave / Michael Choi -- Nouns of nouns: a mini epic / Alex Shvartsman -- Excess light / Rahul Kanakia -- The origin of terror / Sunil Patel -- The tangled web / Ferrett Steinmetz -- Hamsa, Hamsa, Hamsa, Tfu, Tfu, Tfu / Alisa Schreibman -- Real women are dangerous / Rati Mehrotra
Section II: Discussing the tropes. I'm pretty sure I've read this before ... / Patrick Hester -- Fractured souls / Lucy A. Snyder -- Into the labyrinth: The heroine's journey / A.C. Wise -- Escaping the hall of mirrors / Victor Raymond -- Tropes as erasers: A transgender perspective / Keffy R.M. Kehrli -- Section III: Defining the tropes. Afterword / Monica Valentinelli & Jaym Gates -- Trope definitions/Index of tropes -- Section IV: Acknowledgements and additional bios.
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An anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates. Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award winners to debut writers, chose a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
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