Sean Boling: 6 books

Feeling old doesn’t bother Fina that much. Feeling useless is the problem. Her marriage is on cruise control, her stepdaughter resists the comfort she so obviously needs (and Fina so desperately wants to provide), and her biological daughter is making the choices Fina warned her against. She could...

Realizations can strike at any time and through any medium: the radio, a surveillance camera, a baby monitor, a blue heron, or a wild boar. These five short stories explore all of the above.

Field and Lulu were the best of childhood friends, bonded by their challenges growing up together in the Special Education program in a coastal valley known for wine and trendy ag tourism. But even their unique connection was not immune to the divergence that often happens when childhood friends reach...

Live Oak Charter Academy is the latest elixir to arrive in the valley. Drought cycles, crop yields, and market forces have left a trail of previous solutions: an army base, a state mental hospital, a shipping warehouse for an online retailer, and a prison. But the charter is about the future, and...

They both want to change some minds in the wake of losing their son. Megan has devoted her time to advocating for gun legislation. Quentin has come to believe the only way to change someone’s worldview is to change their world, and the world he opposes hasn’t felt his pain. He doesn’t have the skills to inflict that kind of change. But Megan’s father does.

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page. Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary...