Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
11-26-2024
Graduate Advisor
Shane Seely
Committee
John Dalton
Christopher Schott
Abstract
At Night I Dream of Flying is a horror novella exploring themes of bodily autonomy, personhood, expectations, grief, loss, identity, and parenthood while subverting the Alien-abduction horror subgenre, and borrowing tropes from demonic possession, and haunted house horror subgenres.
Emma is a grieving mother who is dealing with the loss of her only child via anger, violence, and self-destruction. She finds herself isolated, obsessing over an insomniac fantasy that her house is haunted. The fantasy is more real than Emma realizes. Her insomnia gives way to a peculiar amnesia, as her body manifests some unusual physical changes.
Note: This thesis is under a author requested embargo until 2224, after which it will become available in accordance with end of expected copyright protection. This embargo year is intentional and not an error.
Recommended Citation
LaChance, Eli, "At Night I Dream of Flying" (2024). Theses. 463.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/463
