That Fountain Ain’t Gonna Grant Your Wish by Jimmy Doom (signed)

Jimmy Doom’s new collection of gritty short fiction has landed.

Raw, unrelenting, but often inspiring short fiction from the author of Humans, Being: A Story a Day for a Year and an incomparable three year run of over 1000 short stories on Substack, Jimmy Doom.

From longer explorations of parental relationships in “Grandmaster” and “Eggshells” to concise, taut microfiction tales of new love in “Wrapped” to voyeuristic glimpses into fading roadside attractions in “Life in VHS,” Doom captures voices how they speak in real life, much like beloved fellow Detroiter Elmore Leonard.

“Jimmy Doom is a genius.REPEAT–Genius.”
—E.Jean Carroll

“All writers dream of pulling off what Jimmy Doom does on the regular: distilling grand emotions and chief scenarios down to terse,powerful snapshots.His short stories carry the juice of most novels. Nobody does slice of life like Jimmy. And often those slices cut.”
–Josh Malerman, New York Times Best Selling author of Birdbox and Spin a Black Yarn

Jimmy Doom was raised on Detroit’s west side, graduated from University of Detroit Jesuit High School and spent the next few decades bartending, acting, working on concert production crews, teaching pool, fronting a punk band and writing for local newspapers and magazines, including The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit Metro Times, and the legendary Orbit, where he appeared in the magazine’s final issue as the nude centerfold. ( That’s true, and you can look it up, though it’s not recommended). He has appeared in over 40 feature films, shorts, and music videos, working with everyone from David Carradine to Travis Scott. Jimmy publishes original short fiction daily at jimmydoom.substack.com His first published book, Humans, Being, a collection of 100 Word Fiction, was released in 2020.

$ 19.99