Johatsu
The balance of fragile forces
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Johatsu is a fiction audiobook by J. Curtis. It is written in English and runs 14 minutes as an audiobook and is narrated by Eleven Labs. It is published by Tiny Worlds Publishing. It costs $1.99 and is DRM-free. Miyu is a night mover, johatsusha — a getaway driver for those who transports people vanishing from their lives in Tokyo.
Description
Miyu is a night mover, johatsusha — a getaway driver for those who transports people vanishing from their lives in Tokyo.
Miyu is a night mover, johatsusha — a getaway driver for those who transports people vanishing from their lives in Tokyo. When a passenger leaves behind a family photo, she finds herself watching the lives of those left behind—drawn into questions of balance, shame, and what it means to disappear.
Music by Nolan Green
Details
Length
14 minutes
Story Length
Short story
Genre / Category
Fiction
Publisher / imprint
Tiny Worlds Publishing
Audience
Adult
About the Author
J. Curtis
J. Curtis spent years in hardware and tech before concluding that books were more interesting. He founded Tiny Worlds Publishing out of Northern California, where he publishes emerging authors and edits The Midnight Vault — a Twilight Zone-adjacent anthology that is also, somehow, a live event. His debut novel, ISLA, arrives in 2026. He came up in tech. It shows in the architecture; it doesn't show in the prose, which he considers a win.
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