Nothing Stranger

Author/s: Helen Mary Stead, PhD
Availability: Open Access
Type: Dissertation
Year: 2016

Abstract: “Nothing Stranger” is a collection of dystopian short stories concerned with themes of motherhood and violence submitted for consideration as a creative dissertation at the University of Tennessee.


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