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Failures in Apathy University of Windsor Scholarship at UWindsor Electronic Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Major Papers 2009 Failures in apathy John R. Flieger University of Windsor Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd Recommended Citation Flieger, John R., "Failures in apathy" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 8087. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8087 This online database contains the full-text of PhD dissertations and Masters’ theses of University of Windsor students from 1954 forward. These documents are made available for personal study and research purposes only, in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act and the Creative Commons license—CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works). Under this license, works must always be attributed to the copyright holder (original author), cannot be used for any commercial purposes, and may not be altered. 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Flieger A Creative Writing Project Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies through English Literature and Creative Writing in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2009 © 2009 Jonathan Flieger Library and Archives Bibliotheque et 1*1 Canada Archives Canada Published Heritage Direction du Branch Patrimoine de I'edition 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington OttawaONK1A0N4 Ottawa ON K1A 0N4 Canada Canada Your file Votre reference ISBN: 978-0-494-57611-3 Our file Notre reference ISBN: 978-0-494-57611 -3 NOTICE: AVIS: The author has granted a non­ L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive exclusive license allowing Library and permettant a la Bibliotheque et Archives Archives Canada to reproduce, Canada de reproduire, publier, archiver, publish, archive, preserve, conserve, sauvegarder, conserver, transmettre au public communicate to the public by par telecommunication ou par I'lnternet, preter, telecommunication or on the Internet, distribuer et vendre des theses partout dans le loan, distribute and sell theses monde, a des fins commerciales ou autres, sur worldwide, for commercial or non­ support microforme, papier, electronique et/ou commercial purposes, in microform, autres formats. paper, electronic and/or any other formats. The author retains copyright L'auteur conserve la propriete du droit d'auteur ownership and moral rights in this et des droits moraux qui protege cette these. Ni thesis. Neither the thesis nor la these ni des extraits substantiels de celle-ci substantial extracts from it may be ne doivent etre imprimes ou autrement printed or otherwise reproduced reproduits sans son autorisation. without the author's permission. In compliance with the Canadian Conformement a la loi canadienne sur la Privacy Act some supporting forms protection de la vie privee, quelques may have been removed from this formulaires secondaires ont ete enleves de thesis. cette these. While these forms may be included Bien que ces formulaires aient inclus dans in the document page count, their la pagination, il n'y aura aucun contenu removal does not represent any loss manquant. of content from the thesis. 1+1 Canada Declaration of Previous Publication This thesis includes one original story that has been previously published, as follows: Thesis Chapter Publication title/full citation Publication status Tyrannosaur Kiss Machine 16 (2008): 3-6. Published I certify that I am the copyright owner of the above published material in my thesis. I certify that the above material describes work completed during my registration as graduate student at the University of Windsor. I declare that, to the best of my knowledge, my thesis does not infringe upon anyone's copyright nor violate any proprietary rights and that any ideas, techniques, quotations, or any other material from the work of other people included in my thesis, published or otherwise, are fully acknowledged in accordance with the standard referencing practices. I declare that this is a true copy of my thesis, including any final revisions, as approved by my thesis committee and the Graduate Studies office, and that this thesis has not been submitted for a higher degree to any other University or Institution. in Abstract This collection of cross-genre fictional short stories and attendant artist's statement examines the results of disconnect and social marginalization on characters faced with complex social and personal situations. Various manifestations of apathy and failure are considered as the characters interact within a post-utopian society that offers little hope of betterment and is rife with social awkwardness and anxieties regarding interaction. Ultimately, the disconnect of apathy and the acceptance of a failure to connect with their lives are problematized for the characters of the work, as the thesis identifies the troubling way in which apathy and difficulty in social connectivity is overlooked in modern society. IV For my mother and father, and dedicated to the memory of my uncle Robert. Table of Contents DECLARATION OF PREVIOUS PUBLICATION iii ABSTRACT iv DEDICATION v SMALL VOICES 1 TYRANNOSAUR 4 JUNE THE TWO II BRICK SHITHOUSE 35 K.AZANDZOE 41 GIRLS EATEN BY BEARS 62 THE ZEBRA AND THE GHOST 72 TRANSFER PART 1 82 ARTLESS 96 PROTOTYPES AND VIRGINS 104 APPENDIX 119 REFERENCES 131 VITAAUCTORIS 132 VI Hi, how are you? I've been thinking about you a lot lately. Okay. Or how may I direct your and this quarter we have what I consider to be a very attainable goal. If we stick to our S.T.A.R. keypoints, I can't be pregnant. Why don't they at least interview for these things I'd hit that. You don't say. Someone has to die like Billy the Kid. someone from this very office could be winning that trip to Mexico if we keep our eyes open for opportunities to Listen, no, it's just that Welcome to You fucking whore How are you? Nothing ever happens. Nothing ever matters. Can I take your order? Oh alright then. Do you have her extension, by any chance? 1 Big picture thinking here, ladies and gentlemen. If we look only at the Ql BRP, we don't see much of a pattern. But if we extrapolate this same information, well it paints a rather diff No it can't be Okay, well great mom. But I guess I'm still Did you want to come in? This is your son. It's not in the budget. I'm sorry, but we have to let you go. Oh, the kids just loved it. It's a great spot. Another day, another dollar, motherfucker. Shot in the dark. By his friend. But everyone knows his name. Jesus. Have you seen this bill? Mom, can I stay at Kevin's tonight? Blood Sucking I'm so proud of you. You bastard. You heartless bastard. Can't even die right. But... but I love you. That seems a failing. How have you been? I need a moment. Did you get the results? Yes 2 No Positive Negative Accepted Rejected etc etc Well I guess it doesn 't matter What 'sfor dinner? How are you? Katie scored the game winner! There ain 't no Billy the Kid. Not really. He ain 't him. He ain 't even him. Godgiveth and God taketh away Horse and buggy thinking. Listen I don't have time for this. "and He takes and He takes and He takes" Okay. Well you're crying. So that's great. That's helpful. You seem nervous. Will you marry me? Aw crap. This is the happiest day of my I ain't Billy the Kid. 3 Tyrannosaur The door opens and Jane almost kind of smiles at me. For Jane, that is pretty okay. I smile back. "Hey," she says. "Nice shirt." I just got this shirt in the mail today. An internet thing. It's got that faux vintage pre-distressed thing happening which usually sucks and is on everything at the mall, but the shirt has a picture of a pretty cute looking T-Rex completely smashing some stuff, so I couldn't pass it up. "I am a sucker for dino destruction," I say. She turns away and walks back into the apartment, but she leaves the door open. This is how Jane invites someone inside. Jane's apartment is always fantastically messy. There are magazines and books on basically everything. The floor, the furniture. Other shapes I think might have been furniture. Clothes and ashes. A million empty cigarette packs that get picked up once a night to check if there are any smokes left inside motherfucker and tossed back on the floor to be forgotten/checked tomorrow. Jane sits down on the only relatively clear spot on the couch and starts to smoke. She doesn't offer me a drink or to clear me a spot anywhere or anything, and I know better than to expect her to and it's pretty much not a problem anyway. The television is on mute and it looks like some old slasher flick playing. There's a topless girl screaming silently and running from a vague shape that keeps on almost coming into focus as it chases her around corners in an old house. The camera man does a pretty good job of 4 keeping the girl's tits in focus, though. I look away from the screen and try to keep my eyes from creeping back. I'm disappointed in myself for a small, slow moment.
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