St. Christopher on Pluto

*2021 Colorado Book Awards Finalist, Literary Fiction*

MK and Colleen get reacquainted while working at different stores in a bankrupt mall. Way back, the women went to Catholic school together and collaborated on racy letters to a soldier in Vietnam who thought they were much older than seventh graders—a ruse that typifies later shenanigans, usually brought on by red—headed Colleen, a self—proclaimed “Celtic warrior.”

After ditching Colleen’s car to collect the insurance, they drive from on...