A MacDowell Colony fellow and a finalist for the Starcherone Award, Sophistication Krilanovich was also nominated to get a Pushcart Prize. During the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest, a hobo vampire gang on medications causes horrific chaos almost everywhere they go-from trashing supermarket breakrooms to crashing senior center pancake breakfasts. Amidst the danger one young lady, who benefits (and suffers) from drug-induced ESP, queries desperately on her behalf foster sister. ‘Refreshingly piquant and playful.’-Publishers Weekly