Creep City and Five Short Stories

This collection includes one novella and five short stories, focused on young women and their formative experiences. These stories explore themes of sexuality, latent violence, changing technology and weird feelings. “Creep City” is a novella about a missing girl from the perspective of a classmate who does not care. “Lowlife” is a prologue to the same story. “Cast Party” examines relationships between adult men and their female students. “Field Trip” is an experimental story, set in the near future. “R.I.P. Lesley Gore” is a eulogy for an unlikely pop star, and “Kid Catalog” is another story about a missing girl.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Writing and Media Arts (UMKC)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Cashill, Flannery

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hodgen, Christie, 1974-

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/60503

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/60503