The Complete Down and Out in Seattle and Tacoma Series: Sleeping in the Daytime Novella One: Courting Mediocrity Novella Two: Squatting in the Shadow

Would you endure the torment of failure to experience the catharsis of peace? You can.

Winner of the second-place award in Contemporary Fiction for the prestigious 2025 Digital Book Today Literary awards, and currently in development to be a major motion picture, the Down and out in Seattle and Tacoma book series showcases the best in gritty contemporary indie fiction with a punk rock and satirical take on mental health and drug addiction.

Charming but flawed Jack was never "right," but that's a lot of what made him magnetic to others. His decades-long deterioration is chronicled in painful detail with a mix of dark humor, tragedy, and brutal self-awareness that is unlike any book you've ever read. Sharp, poetic, and deeply human, but not a feel-good story. It's a gut punch that is absolutely unforgettable.

Author Christopher J. Stockwell's existential and absurdist masterpiece shows you a Seattle that is a medically-prescribed nightmare. It mirrors the best aspects of the alcohol-induced blackout that is Charles Bukowski's LA, and the blue-faced overdose that is Irvine Welsh's Edinburgh. The Complete Down and Out in Seattle and Tacoma Series takes you there and shows you the view you can only get from the gutter. Enjoy!

I'm a high school dropout, punk rocker, skateboarder, criminal, weight lifter, mentally-disturbed contrarian, satirist, workers' rights attorney and author of several books of transgressive, absurdist, and satirical fiction. I grew up in a blue-collar family in Tacoma. I live in Seattle with my wife and our two children.