Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1994 Man Inside! and other stories Scott aM tthew Beatty Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Creative Writing Commons, and the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Beatty, Scott aM tthew, "Man Inside! and other stories " (1994). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 7089. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/7089 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. "Man Inside!" and other stories by Scott Matthew Beatty A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department: English Major: English (Creative Writing) Signatures have been redacted for privacy Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1994 Copyright © Scott Beatty, 1994. All rights reserved. 11 for Mom and Dad... and most of all, Jennifer, my Juicyfruit Editor Ill TABLE OF CONTENTS FRAGILE THINGS 1 WATCH CHILDREN 13 MAN INSIDE! 16 YOUR SEAT CUSHION ALSO FUNCTIONS AS A FLOTATION DEVICE 29 FAITH 45 THE PET HIERARCHY 54 DOODLES 67 SURVIVAL SKILLS 76 If— f i D^C 0 3 199^ ICWA STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF GRADUATE ENGLISH The horror is this: In the end, it is simply a picture of empty meaningless blackness.