An appointment at the Gender Clinic gone awry.
 
A cancelled second-wave feminist author experiencing an identity crisis.
 
A trans woman’s funeral ruined.
 
In her first collection of short stories, Jen Ives treats you to fourteen darkly funny tales - inspired by the ever-exhausting social landscape that is life as a trans person in the United Kingdom.
 
Many of the stories in this book explore themes of gender identity, social politics, bodily autonomy, death - and there’s even one about a robot chimp (just to keep the boys interested).
 
So, be a good doggy and jump, why don’t you? Afterall, what’s the worst that could happen?
 
5 out of 5 stars
Stories for the Island on the Edge of Reason
 
"Jump Doggy effectively wrangles the sheer absurdity of the UK's treatment of trans people into something intelligent, sharp, funny, and overwhelmingly humane. That's a good enough hook to recommend enthusiastically that you check out this book. What is most striking, however, is the breadth of the creativity on show. Ives slips between tones and styles across the stories but with a consistent use of language that is lively, clever, and a deeply engaging.
 
A bold, clever, and genuinely enjoyable read." - AllanGD
 
 
 
5 out of 5 stars
An indie gem
 
"Jen Ives is a brilliant writer and these short stories show a magnificent knack of seeing the world as it is rather than as it should be. It's a collection which sometimes has ferocity, sometimes tenderness but always brings the reader along on the journey. An underground, indie gem - she deserves to be read widely by a much bigger audience. Fingers crossed that will happen. Jen is a talent." - Mr JT Shooman