The Flora & Fauna of Transgressive Balls-to-the-Wall Tableaus

The Flora & Fauna Of Transgressive Balls-To-The-Wall Tableaus Is Author Jeffrey Stoker’S Fourth Book. Personal And Filled To The Brim With Pathos It Comprises Two Novellas Both Of Them Struggling-Artist-Themed And Both Of Them Wholly Unpredictable. The First Novella In The Rotation “The Dichotomous Epiphany” Falls Squarely Under The Psychological Horror Subgenre. Set In The Early 1990S — Stoker Wrote The Novella Between The Years 1995 And 2000; However Due To The S&M Overtones Inherent In Its Pages He Sheepishly Held Off Publishing It Until 2024 — It Centers On Arlene Phillips An Ambitious Unconventional Teenager Living In A Small Hopelessly Conventional Utah Town. For Years Arlene Has Dreamed Of Nothing More Than Becoming A World-Renowned Artist. Unfortunately Most Of The Drawings And Paintings She’S Produced Thus Far In Her Life Have Failed To Meet Her Expectations. Now As The Sun Begins To Set On Her High School Career The Teen Desperate To Prepare Herself For College Devises A Plan To Enhance Her Visual-Composition Skills. The Rub Is That Carrying Out This Plan Will Come At An Incredibly High Price. Moreover There’S No Guarantee That The Plan Will Even Work. The Second Novella In The Book A Comedy-Drama Titled “Port Wine Stain Animated” Represents Stoker At His Sardonic Best. Here We Follow The Exploits Of Thad Wakefield An Aspiring Writer Who’S On The Autism Spectrum. Despite The Compulsions Tics And Fears That Govern Thad’S Day-To-Day Routine He’S Generally A Productive Optimistic Individual. And Why Not? He Has A Beautiful Wife Who’S Supportive To A Fault A Pet Armadillo That Never Ceases To Amuse Him And A Compassionate Therapist Who’S Dedicated To Solving As Many Of His Psychological Hang-Ups As Possible. In Short Life Is Good. Until It Isn’T. One Day For Reasons Far Too Complicated To Go Into Here Thad Hits A Stumbling Block In The Editing Phase Of His Debut Novel. How He Chooses To Meet This Challenge And The Emotionally-Draining Path This Choice Ultimately Leads Him Down Is Something That Even The Sharpest Of Readers Won’T See Coming.