Access to thesis and accompanying PDF permanently restricted to Ball State community only“Almost Nonfiction But Not Quite” is a collection of eight short stories that were directly influenced by real situations. The events that inspired the stories either directly happened to the author or they happened to a person who was within two degrees of separation. The stories not only differ in types of situation, but also characters, genres, realities, and planes of time and space.Department of EnglishMenthol -- Causality -- Cinderella complex -- Stardust memories -- The joy of silence -- Pigeon -- Rare drop -- The pennant.Thesis (M.A.