Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

First published in Epoch, Fall 1966. Included in Prize Stories: O Henry Award Winners (1968), and The Best American Short Stories (1967).

• Introduction to “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
• Why is “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Dedicated to Bob Dylan?
• “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film
• Criticism on “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
• Golden Anniversary: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Her name was Connie. She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right. Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything and who hadn’t much reason any longer to look at her…