Woven with melancholy, 'Subcortical' is a magical, whimsical and heartbreaking story that embarks the reader on an epic journey meant to inspire wonder out of the every day and collected life experiences of it's narrator, Elisabeth. Fantastical dream sequences punctuate reality until the edges of perception begin to blur as we witness Elisabeth's waking and dreaming life melding together. In this series of snapshots, the remarkable senses that simultaneously ignite Elisabeth's universe, while steadily unravelling it, are subtly revealed. We are left wondering, will she learn to rally them and continue on her extraordinary journey?