Parsons, Alexander2018-03-142018-03-14December 22014-12December 2http://hdl.handle.net/10657/2976To Shep Montgomery, death was like getting audited by the IRS – something that happened to other people. That was until he signed a contract with the now nearly defunct federal government to submit himself for euthanization in exchange for a twenty-year annuity. And his two decades are now up. Dark, wry, yet ultimately redemptive, my novel EXPIRATION DATE (76,000 words) puts a slipstream twist on a modern farce, proving that times change but a family’s bond will never break.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).FictionCreative writingDystopianSmall Town2018-03-14Thesisborn digital