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The Disappearance of Desmond Willows

Amazing, Samuel Joseph
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464797560

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2016, Master of Arts in English, Youngstown State University, Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing).
When Desmond Willows wakes up in an abandoned part of town, he thinks he's been the victim of a high school prank precipitated after a night drinking at a party. However, when he tries to go home, back to his life, he finds that two years have passed. To make matters worse, while Desmond looks the same to himself everyone else sees him as an old man. With nowhere to go and no one to turn to, Desmond grits his teeth and decides to find out what's happened to him. While looking into his own disappearance he uncovers the town's long history of mysterious disappearances. Eventually coming across the file of someone he's met since being back. He's not the only one to which this has happened. This comrade in such a bizarre situation refuses to help him out of fear that the shadows will come back for her. His encounter with the other disappeared person explains Desmond's newfound fear of the dark, but proves to be a dead end. With dealing with his fear of the dark, nightmares that make sleeping a gut wrenching prospect, and a creeping depression brought on by isolation, can Desmond hold himself together to figure out what's happened to him? And can he stop it from happening to anyone else?
Christopher Barzak, M.F.A. (Advisor)
Mike Geither, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
Eric Wasserman, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
163 p.
Fine Arts
Desmond Willows; Disappearance; Horror

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  • Amazing, S. J. (2016). The Disappearance of Desmond Willows [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464797560

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Amazing, Samuel. The Disappearance of Desmond Willows. 2016. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464797560.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Amazing, Samuel. "The Disappearance of Desmond Willows." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464797560

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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