A Denver story that got out of hand
ATTACK OF THE
MILE HIGH SQUIRREL
A strange, funny literary disaster about Denver, family, unchecked growth, buried nuclear history, and one very large squirrel.
The book
Gary Steadman opens a health-food store just as a spring hailstorm unleashes a giant radioactive squirrel tied to Colorado’s nuclear past. The rest is Denver history, more or less.
The universe
This site can grow beyond the novel: Denver oddities, squirrel lore, strange local history, things that feel like they belong in the same world, and whatever comes next.
The Mile High Dispatch
Future posts: Denver weirdness, giant-animal fiction, squirrel culture, Colorado ephemera, books and movies with the same sideways energy, and artifacts from the world of the novel.