Bigfoot and the Baby: a novel by Ann Gelder

In the final chapter of the novel, Kyle reconsiders his discarded dreams--then reconsiders them again as the shadow he's been chasing passes right by. Jackie enjoys a morning run in New Christmastown.

Kyle visits his parents in Las Vegas, and a family friend makes him an offer he thinks Kyle can't refuse. Bigfoot goes to sleep.

Time has passed and New Christmastown is up and running as a massive underground data storage facility. Kyle, the director of transportation, is on his way to pick up more corporate secrets--and picks up a mysterious stranger on the way.

Kyle and Mollie return home to a different Christmastown and the same Jackie. Topper Moss, host of the Weird Frontier, goes home, too.

Christmastown's owners officially declare the experiment a debacle--but Jackie has plans for a whole New Christmastown.

After their set at the Missing Link, Stick confesses his love to Katie. It doesn't go particularly well.

The Patients, Katie and Stick's punk-blues-metal-protest band performs at the Missing Link, and Kyle and Mollie come to watch. Kyle wins a longstanding bet with Katie, but loses something else. There is filking.

Left behind in Christmastown, Jackie wallows in her mistakes, and considers ending it all in the backyard pool. But an old friend returns to rescue her.

Kyle takes Mollie to stay with Enrique's family while he decides whether to return to Christmastown and Jackie. A trip to the aquarium brings him insight.

As the dome fails in spectacular bursts of color, Christmastown's citizens flee en masse. Kyle leaves too, taking Mollie. Only Jackie remains, alone with her dawning realizations.

Panic ensues as Christmastown's dome starts behaving strangely.

Topper Moss interviews a woman widowed by a Sasquatch, helping Kyle come to an important decision.

Harry Ricker--founder of CarlsMart and Christmastown, and Jackie's lover--disappears in an epic manner. Jackie wishes she could do the same.

Jackie's new focus on security finally brings Harry back to Christmastown. But the reunion is not a happy one.

Following her encounter with the uncanny being in the forest, Jackie visits Christmastown's terrifying underground storage facility--and decides to beef up security.

Destinies intersect as Jackie encounters a mysterious figure in Christmastown's Inner Green Space.

Molly's meltdown during her first tour of Canada presages changes to come.

Topper Moss, philosopher and Bigfoot journalist, dives into a melee at a Bigfoot convention. Kyle watches helplessly from his strange new home.

The first annual Parade of Mollies unfolds, thrillingly and somewhat disturbingly, to open Christmastown's first Christmas season. Mayor Jackie gives an inspiring speech.

Christmastown officially opens for move-in, and chaos ensues, as the undeserving believe themselves entitled to entry. Jackie, Christmastown's new mayor, steps up security and quells the riot. Life among the Winners is looking mostly good.

Kyle says goodbye to his sofa and prepares to move to Christmastown. Katie tells him why she's not going, and lies. The episode concludes with a new Patients song.

Katie and Hunter consummate their attraction (TW: unsettling though not graphic sex.)

A brief detour through the mind of Burt Majesky, Kyle's father and a Las Vegas dealer for over thirty years. He offers thoughts about Kyle's life choices while a gambler at his table seethes.

Jackie and Harry complete their tour of Christmastown...and consummate their attraction on a magical carpet.

Jackie returns from an exhausting tour of the Midwest to find Harry Ricker at her front door, ready to take her to Christmastown. Heading toward the half-finished new world, Jackie feels herself transforming...and Harry Ricker touching her knee.

Katie visits Hunter at the Missing Link and tries to get him to reveal his secrets. Kyle changes his hair, not that anyone will notice.

Katie discovers she likes being rich, which puts a dent in her punk rock cred. Her new song, "Stupid Cake," falls flat and her long-suffering guitarist walks out.

At Harry Ricker's lavish Tahoe Christmas party, Kyle further descends into the abyss--in front of his hero, David Letterman.

Visiting Harry Ricker's palatial Tahoe "cabin" for his Christmas party, Kyle embarks on a series of misadventures involving alcohol, his mother-in-law, and celebrities.

An action-packed scene in which Mollie and Jackie narrowly escape from an adoring horde--thanks to Dudley Moore.

Celebrity--and mountains of CarlsMart merchandise--swamp the Majesky family like a tsunami. Jackie argues with her mother and damns her husband with faint praise.

The conclusion (for now) of the story-within-the-story of Everill the logger--whose transformation is now complete.

The continuing story-within-the-story of Everill, the logger who is transformed. In this episode, Everill falls in love.

A story within the story (part one). Everill Gander returns from World War II to work as a logger on the Olympic Peninsula. His work gratifies him, but he's occasionally terrified by a red cloud that no one else can see.

Harry reveals his plans for Christmastown--a domed city in the desert, inhabited by the best people in the world. And Harry wants Mollie to lead the people there.

Harry Ricker's limo whisks Jackie away to LA, as Kyle watches everything he thought he knew about his wife dwindle to nothing. In his luxurious office, Harry sits intriguingly close to Jackie as he reveals his plan for a consumer paradise in the desert.

Mollie's uncanny affinity for Harry Ricker's dead son inspires Harry to make Jackie a proposition. As Kyle gets his van painted in accurate, aquatic detail by his new friend Enrique, Jackie transforms herself for her trip to Harry's office.

The Story of Carl: the short life and tragic death of Harry Ricker's son, for whom CarlsMart is named.

For trying to save an unwilling soul, Jackie is about to lose her job at CarlsMart. Then something like divine intervention brings a mysterious and powerful stranger into her life.

Jackie revels in her new job at CarlsMart, learning from her very young boss how everything works if you just follow the procedures. Inspired by the parallels to her own faith, Jackie decides to witness at the checkout stand...with disappointing results.

Katie and Stick watch another episode of The Weird Frontier, "Ape Men from Outer Space," as Bigfoot sightings proliferate around the country.

Kyle's impressionist act bombs again, but he's not one to give up, and neither is Katie. They decide the solution is to go on tour. Jackie, unable to talk them out of it, prays for help. God tells her to get a job.

Jackie takes Mollie to church, seeking (at first) recognition of her child's great beauty. Then Jackie realizes Mollie must be healed. Pastor Mike does his best, and fails.

Mollie's birth upends the Majesky household. Jackie, knowing Mollie's grief is the world's grief, takes the disconsolate baby to church, hoping for answers.

Jackie, lost in the streets of her own hometown, finds salvation in the form of an old school friend. But because Jackie is Jackie, exultation quickly turns to worry.

Exhilarated from a great run, Jackie decides to perform a good deed for a stranger. But the stranger doesn't seem interested. And then Jackie gets lost.

Jackie takes up running, and marital relations with Kyle improve dramatically. Mollie is conceived. Yet Jackie still isn't satisfied.

Jackie meets Kyle in a Las Vegas casino, and it's love at first sight. But is Kyle the man Jackie thought he was?

Kyle's Valentine's Day revelations continue. His plan to appear on David Letterman lifts Jackie out of her doldrums. She remembers her strange childhood with her strange mother...and why she fell in love with Kyle in the first place.

After shooting himself in the foot, Kyle enjoys a Valentine's dinner with his wife...who is not enjoying dinner nearly as much. Kyle reveals his plan to become a professional comedian.

Katie and her best friend watch The Weird Frontier, a cryptic cryptozoology TV show. Stick, the best friend, makes an unfortunate move.