▁Effect ▁Tr il ogy , ▁three ▁collections ▁of ▁inter related ▁min in ov els — Like ▁Blood ▁in ▁Water ▁( re vised ▁edition ), ▁The ▁Future ▁of ▁G ira ff es , ▁and ▁View ▁of ▁Del ft — w ere ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁The ▁tr il ogy ▁and ▁its ▁volumes ▁may ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁novel / nov els , ▁un ified ▁not ▁by ▁characters ▁and ▁events , ▁as ▁is ▁the ▁case ▁in ▁traditional ▁fiction , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁common ▁topics ▁of ▁exist ential ▁desp air , ▁fear ▁of ▁death , ▁and ▁al ien ation , ▁which , ▁like ▁mot ifs ▁in ▁music , ▁bind ▁them ▁into ▁a ▁whole . ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁also ▁saw ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁book ▁of ▁poetry ▁in ▁many ▁years , ▁Mod us ▁T oll ens , ▁subt itled ▁" IP D s ▁or ▁Im pro vised ▁Po etic ▁Dev ices ," ▁which ▁require ▁the ▁reader ' s ▁active ▁participation ▁and ▁which ▁T arna w sky ▁calls ▁He ur istic ▁Po etry . ▁Still ▁another ▁collection ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁fict ions ▁Cro cod ile ▁Sm iles , ▁subt itled ▁" Short - S hr ift ▁F ict ions ," ▁which ▁extends ▁further ▁the ▁abs urd ism ▁of ▁Short ▁T ails , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁One ▁of ▁its ▁stories , ▁" D ead ▁Dar ling ," ▁was ▁previously ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁anth ology ▁Best ▁European ▁F iction ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁by ▁Dal key