The Doomscroller's Companion : Doomscroller's Companion - Wendy Wimmer

The Doomscroller's Companion : Doomscroller's Companion - Wendy Wimmer

Wendy Wimmer

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Published 27 October 2026

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  • Pages · 360 pages, 0 illus.
  • Publication Date · 27/10/2026
  • Genre · Fiction: special features
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Jane, aka @erejane, a thirtysomething professional web influencer, lives in her aunt's spare bedroom in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Her only confidant is Brian, a potter who is thrilled that the internet allows him to connect without having to leave his nearby home and studio. With limited options and a dwindling bank account, Jane lands a high-paying gig that requires her to travel to a wildlife refuge on a remote island near San Francisco to publicize a marine biologist's shark study. However, when a global pandemic strikes with astonishing speed, the scientists surrounding Jane succumb one by one; meanwhile, Brian grapples with neighbors living out their apocalyptic movie fantasies. When real-world events force them to set aside their online personas, Jane and Brian are forced to decide what-or whom-they care for the most. Told through traditional narrative and imagined social media posts-which often appear, as they do in life, out of chronological order-The Doomscroller's Companion is as engaging as it is unexpected.

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