The Complete Down and Out in Seattle and Tacoma Series

I broke the books up in a way that left them easy to read, and enjoy, individually, out of order, or together and in order as they were intended. The original novel that I wrote in 2005, A Complete and Uncut Guide to Total Debauchery in the Modern World was rewritten to include a third-person narrator. The original version of the book was from Jack's first-person perspective. At some point between 2005 and 2020 I renamed it Down and Out in Seattle and Tacoma, an homage to George Orwell's brilliant memoir. In 2020 when I began rewriting the book, I started calling it Sleeping in the Daytime, and that title stuck as the sole title nearly until publication. Just prior to publication, the split happened, and I pulled the titles Courting Mediocrity and Squatting in the Shadow of an Ant out of thin air. They really have no deeper meaning other than they were words that popped into my head while I was wondering what to call these, up until then, unplanned second and third parts.

I did not make hardcover versions of the individual novellas. I wanted the first hardcover to be a special edition that included the complete series. I broke the books up, so I figured it was my prerogative to reunite them. If you're reading this, you are holding one of the original print on demand copies of the entire Down and Out in Seattle and Tacoma Series. This book may have wound up obscure or infamous. Whether history lauded my work or dismissed it, the copy you now hold was certainly produced in limited quantities. Enjoy.