Tom and the Portentus Stomachi

A surreal fiction. Postmodern, Fantasy. Simon Sheeran's short novel is the story of Tom, who wakes up on the belly of a "fearsome Thing" which compels him to feed it. After feeding it Tom falls asleep and has a dream involving an ancient mansion, an old gardener, an unusual group of youths in an abandoned town in a beautiful valley, a bear, a dwarf, and many other things.