University of Mississippi eGrove Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2011 Quiet Game And Other Stories James Paige University of Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd Part of the Fiction Commons Recommended Citation Paige, James, "Quiet Game And Other Stories" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 542. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/542 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. QUIET GAME AND OTHER STORIES A Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in the Department of English The University of Mississippi by James M. Paige December 2011 Copyright James M. Paige 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT This collection of short fiction ranges in length from the flash fiction form to the more traditional full-length short story. While the characters and settings vary from piece to piece, the tales in this collection largely represent the so-called "dangerous" vein of fiction, a convention that emphasizes immediacy of action, economy of language, and protagonists who are either willing or compelled by fate to pursue dubious (and sometimes even violent) ends. ii DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my parents for all the years of love and support, to my friends for their encouragement and generosity, and to my professors and mentors for their patience and insight. Thank you. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………………….