Hidden Codex: Fictive Scriptures is a series of poems — narrative, lyric, prose, and combinations — that re-imagine biblical themes and characters. As its back cover blurb says, the collection follows a kind of storyline — “Biblical characters as literary characters: Adam inventing the names of things (in what may be the biblical origin of words); Eve contemplating the Fall; ‘wise men from the East’ in journey and dialogue, with a young Balthassar asking the questions; a questioning, tormented Judas and an innocent, young John in conversation; ... Thomas in sorrowful contemplation of wounds …. Across the varied, variegated moments, a series of poems — narrative, lyric, prose, and combinations — follows a thin, elementary thread from character to character, from fiction to fiction. In the end, one who was at the beginning has changed his path and finds simplicity and innocence.”