Woodland Park — Claudia Hall Christian

A crazy time which causes everyone to stretch.Nelson Weeks has been stuck in time and history. He is pushed out of the Castle Ponferrada by a most unlikely ancestor and winds up, bleeding on the front lawn of the Castle.And, then, Covid-19 hits Denver.As work and school falls away, everyone at the Castle rallies together to take care of each other and their community. Their friends rely on them for help as the children of the members of the Fey Team arrive and Gando Peaches appears, sick with Covid from the Navajo Reservation.Rage-filled meetings become the norm at Lipson Construction until Sam Lipson nearly dies of the disease. The employee owners agree to job sharing and masks as they are designated “essential,” but only for three sites.Jacob opens the Castle ballroom to Jeraine only to discover a few bodies. Jeraine brings the head of the Casino to visit the ballroom. The head of the Casino is able to get the money flowing so that Lipson Construction can open all of their sites.It’s a crazy time which forces everyone to stretch to their limits in ways only a once every 100 years pandemic can do. Fantasy, paranormal, and everyday life connect to make the world called Denver Cereal. Started in 2008, Denver Cereal is one of the longest serial fictions ever written and published.