According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a trilogy is “a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.”
What’s in a Name
The novel uses “the abuse and obscenity of silence” as an allegory for childhood traumas spanning into adulthood. It tells the story of a young woman who finds herself in a battle to no longer remain silent about the real meaning of her other name, her past.
Who’s Christine? Who’s Dell-Dell?
The Perfumed Shroud
This story is an allegory for a woman’s grief, which the novel uses to reinforce that a mother’s denial can have deadly consequences.
Enid Rose and her three men: Earl Rose, Leon Rose,
Rick Rose
Whaleseasons
“Whaleseasons,” a portmanteau, is an allegory for the shocking experiences and realities of men who, having accepted that they need their mothers, discover that mothers destroy sons.
Bernice is coming back.
- Childhood traumas spanning into adulthood
- A woman’s grief
- The shocking experiences and realities of men who discover that mothers destroy sons
An allegory is the moral of the story; the hidden meaning or message.
Allegory themes in order of published and upcoming books:
The Barred-Spiral Trilogy
“The Barred-Spiral Trilogy” series, which begins with the 2021 revised publication of What’s in a Name and two future novels that are currently in the works, promises to be a series of inter-related novels by Garie McIntosh.
“The Perfumed Shroud” and “Whaleseasons,” both of which will be separate self-contained stories, will complete the trilogy. It’s name comes from their common themes.
They compare a mother’s influence to what happens, the motions, in a spiral galaxy that has a central bar-shaped structure. According to Wikipedia, “bars generally affect ... the motions of stars within spiral galaxies.” (Learn more about barred spiral galaxies.)
The Barred-Spiral Trilogy will reflect on the undeniable influence that mothers have on their children. Also, each literary narrative will be an introspective featuring complex characters and character development.
Writer and Educational Content Creator
Garie McIntosh
What’s in a Name
A woman has been renamed by her dying mother. She accepts that name, but then she goes silent about its significance. She now finds herself in a battle to unsilence herself.
Whaleseasons
Bushnell has just moved his father out of a nursing home to live with him. They hold each other accountable for the death of the woman they both loved: Bushnell's mother.
The Perfumed Shroud
A woman’s mourning of the sudden death of her husband and now her coping with the sudden disappearance of her twenty-year-old son turns deadly for her neighbour.