First published in 1973 and reissued by The Song Cave in 2016, The Orchid Stories is Kenward Elmslie’s singular novel: a sequence of interwoven tales populated by recurring characters, dreamlike situations, and extravagant emotional states. Moving through a world of gigolos, collectors, eccentrics, and obsessive orchid hunters, the book unfolds through visual echoes and shifting moods rather than a conventional plot.