TRASH MAMMAL

Date of Award

Spring 2023

Project Type

Thesis

Program or Major

English

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

First Advisor

Thomas Payne

Second Advisor

Ann J Williams

Third Advisor

Clark Knowles

Abstract

This collection of eighteen stories resists the traditional structure of the short story. Often bereft of an epiphany or light at the end of the tunnel, these stories try to capture snapshots of life in the current age – the disillusionment, helplessness, and anger that many young people feel. Literary fiction melts into sci-fi and horror, using absurdism and surrealism as a means to show the realities of late-stage capitalism, generational trauma, and mental illness.

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