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Denver, 2019: After one of their marijuana dispensaries is robbed, Taylor Hobson and Danielle Garcia hatch a plan to make back the money. When that ends in disaster, the two friends agree to allow their sales manager to implement aggressive and quasi-legal sales practices. Soon, their reputation as the go-to place to load up on marijuana beyond the legal limit spirals out of control.

Meanwhile, Henry Kaufman is back from a multiple-year stint in Asia. As he attempts to adjust to the reverse culture shock of returning to America, he bounces around, looking for a decent job. He asks his old friends for work at one of their dispensaries, and they agree to hire him as a budtender. He finally has the material to write the investigative journalism piece to make his name as a writer, but at what cost?

Praise for Bart Schaneman: 

"Bart Schaneman's writing crackles like a live wire knocked down from the pole and sparking in the street. His voice is a voice of the earth-lean, evocative, true, elemental. Like Didion and Steinbeck, Bart's fiction serves as its own sort of history and will one day be seen as a substantial document of How We Were." —Adam Gnade, author of After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different

"Schaneman blends generational ethos like fine soil." —Bram Riddlebarger, author of Western Erotica Ho

"The Pot Jobrolls us into a plot full of dark humor and vivid characters worth rooting for despite the f*ckery hidden behind the haze of smoke and shenanigans. Schaneman has created a tastier slice of Americana worth every ounce." —Hillary Leftwich, author of Aura and Saint Dymphna's Playbook

"God, is it good to read a book that celebrates the beautiful mess of being alive." —Mason Parker, author of Until the Red Swallows It All

"At the intersection of legal cannabis and criminal enterprise, Schaneman captures the marijuana industry with nuance. Yet, it's less of a book about weed and more a book that grapples with questions of integrity. The Pot Job is one of those rare novels where you both want to lick your fingers to turn the pages faster while also slowing down to savor every word." —Wendy J. Fox, author of What If We Were Somewhere Else

ISBN: 978-1-951226-23-7

Pages: 250

Release Date: September 16, 2025