Tiny Worlds: Volume One
For readers who like their fiction human first and strange second
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Tiny Worlds: Volume One is a literary fiction ebook by J. Curtis. It runs 90 pages and is written in English. It is published by Tiny Worlds Publishing. It costs $4.99 and is DRM-free. Volume One is a collection of short fiction set in familiar places that slowly drift off course. The stories stay close to ordinary lives, then slip just far enough to reveal something strange or tender beneath the surface.
Description
A car crashes into a bedroom. A magician’s widow finishes the trick. The sun goes out, right on schedule.
Volume One is a collection of short fiction set in familiar places that slowly drift off course. The stories stay close to ordinary lives, then slip just far enough to reveal something strange or tender beneath the surface.
Written in a spare, cinematic style, the book moves easily between realism and speculation. Curiosity leads the way, followed by quiet dread and a sense of wonder.
This book is for readers who like their fiction human first and strange second; stories that feel intimate, unsettling, and quietly comforting at the same time.
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Length
90 pages
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Genre / Category
Literary Fiction
Publisher / imprint
Tiny Worlds Publishing
Audience
Adult
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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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