Joey Truman

Bubblegum is what the other members in Local 276 called Henry James Gentry because he liked to chew bubblegum. One day he was slinging mud, the next he was being trained to sing operas. Everything he knew about the world shifted after that. All the low-stakes nonsense of his daily life became serious. Will this change blow up in his face? Or will it give him the gnawing opportunity he deeply craves? Something he can finally sink his teeth into.

Bubblegum is the second book in a nine-volume series called CRISIS ETC, a series that chronicles the fragility of the human body and spirit as the elements do their work. Written in a flurry of isolation and self-reflection between the years 2022 and 2024, the nine books are a testament to how unbelievable life can become no matter how closely you pay attention to time and its passing.