 His use of magical realism is seen most clearly in "The West Texas Sprouting of Loman Happenstance", which features a tribe of chameleons piling on top of one another and changing colors in order to recreate famous works of art.In "What I Know About Ham Ratchetslaw, Trombonist", a small town is besieged and encircled by thousands of hypnotized armadillos.The geography of Clark's stories is usually limited to the southwest region of the United States.