They Don’t Disappear

Author

• Chey Wollner

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2022

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Bucak, Ayse Papatya

Abstract

They Don’t Disappear is an alternate history novel following Bess and Harry Houdini’s lives after Houdini does not die from appendicitis in 1926. The novel addresses themes of belief, and the hope that intimacy—in all its forms—might be an antidote for trauma, violence and hate.

Extent

545 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (MFA)--Florida Atlantic University, 2022.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Recommended Citation

Wollner, Chey, "They Don’t Disappear" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present. 1075.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/1075

Identifier

FA00013918

Format

pdf