The Butterfly Codex is a postmodern novel of redemption and transformation. It consists of three A neo noir novella featuring Jimmie Star, private detective, an account of the author’s struggle to write a second long Jimmie Star piece, and the resulting piece entitled Trusting Judith. Part fiction, part creative journal, The Butterfly Codex is an experimental, unique, and ambitious literary effort to form a coherent whole from the fragments of life and shapeshifting narrative.