J. Curtis | Author
@jccurtis.bsky.social
Pinned
J. Curtis | Author
@jccurtis.bsky.social
· Aug 24
ISLA | Start Here
Your guide to reading the serialized novel ISLA
open.substack.com
I grew up on The Goonies, Labyrinth, The Last Starfighter—those adventures where kids stumbled into something bigger than themselves. I looked for a book that captured that same spirit—story plus soundtrack—and when I couldn’t find it, I decided to write one. That’s ISLA.
#writersky #booksky #80s
#writersky #booksky #80s
Love The Twilight Zone? I think you’re really going to enjoy the 70+ stories dropping on Monday as The Midnight Vault II.
#writersky #fiction #twilightzone #free
#writersky #fiction #twilightzone #free
The Midnight Vault II
Call for submissions.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Love The Twilight Zone? I think you’re really going to enjoy the 70+ stories dropping on Monday as The Midnight Vault II.
#writersky #fiction #twilightzone #free
#writersky #fiction #twilightzone #free
11 more days to sign up for The Midnight Vault — a Twilight Zone-inspired event.
Create weird, wild and stories of another place.
Entering is free and you’ll have the chance of being published as well as sharing in royalties.
#writersky #twilightzone #authorsky
Create weird, wild and stories of another place.
Entering is free and you’ll have the chance of being published as well as sharing in royalties.
#writersky #twilightzone #authorsky
Submission Guidelines
Structure and format.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
11 more days to sign up for The Midnight Vault — a Twilight Zone-inspired event.
Create weird, wild and stories of another place.
Entering is free and you’ll have the chance of being published as well as sharing in royalties.
#writersky #twilightzone #authorsky
Create weird, wild and stories of another place.
Entering is free and you’ll have the chance of being published as well as sharing in royalties.
#writersky #twilightzone #authorsky
There’s still time to join in our Twilight Zone-inspired writing event: The Midnight Vault
#writersky #creatorsky #twilightzone #substack
#writersky #creatorsky #twilightzone #substack
The Midnight Vault II
Call for submissions.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There’s still time to join in our Twilight Zone-inspired writing event: The Midnight Vault
#writersky #creatorsky #twilightzone #substack
#writersky #creatorsky #twilightzone #substack
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
I think they should invent a drug that lets you wipe your memory of John Carpenter movies so you can watch them fresh every Halloween. And then John Carpenter should make a movie about this drug's terrifying side effects.
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I think they should invent a drug that lets you wipe your memory of John Carpenter movies so you can watch them fresh every Halloween. And then John Carpenter should make a movie about this drug's terrifying side effects.
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
When modern Christians say “it’s not the government’s job to help the poor,” they’re not echoing Jesus, Paul, the prophets, or the early church.
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When modern Christians say “it’s not the government’s job to help the poor,” they’re not echoing Jesus, Paul, the prophets, or the early church.
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
Pop fresh batteries into your Walkman. Tomorrow, the final chapter of ISLA drops.
“Fantastic.” “Riveting.” “Terrifying.”
The whole journey’s here—start from the first hiss of Jolt Cola and see where the island takes you.
#writersky #mexico #80s #isla
open.substack.com/pub/tinyworl...
“Fantastic.” “Riveting.” “Terrifying.”
The whole journey’s here—start from the first hiss of Jolt Cola and see where the island takes you.
#writersky #mexico #80s #isla
open.substack.com/pub/tinyworl...
ISLA | Start Here
Your guide to reading the serialized novel ISLA
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pop fresh batteries into your Walkman. Tomorrow, the final chapter of ISLA drops.
“Fantastic.” “Riveting.” “Terrifying.”
The whole journey’s here—start from the first hiss of Jolt Cola and see where the island takes you.
#writersky #mexico #80s #isla
open.substack.com/pub/tinyworl...
“Fantastic.” “Riveting.” “Terrifying.”
The whole journey’s here—start from the first hiss of Jolt Cola and see where the island takes you.
#writersky #mexico #80s #isla
open.substack.com/pub/tinyworl...
ISLA reaches its final chapter next Tuesday.
Grab your Walkman, rewind the tape, and take one last trip with George to the island that remembers.
tinyworlds.substack.com/p/isla-start-here
Grab your Walkman, rewind the tape, and take one last trip with George to the island that remembers.
tinyworlds.substack.com/p/isla-start-here
ISLA | Start Here
Your guide to reading the serialized novel ISLA
tinyworlds.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
ISLA reaches its final chapter next Tuesday.
Grab your Walkman, rewind the tape, and take one last trip with George to the island that remembers.
tinyworlds.substack.com/p/isla-start-here
Grab your Walkman, rewind the tape, and take one last trip with George to the island that remembers.
tinyworlds.substack.com/p/isla-start-here
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
Looking for an excuse to make something great?
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
The Midnight Vault II
Call for submissions.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Looking for an excuse to make something great?
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
See, here’s the thing about the ego after finishing a novel—the writing of it, I mean. It can go either way. Like an Amazon review, it’s either angel-kissed or dumpster fire.
Your brain says, you were a fool for doing it, or, c’mon, buck-o, let’s ride again!
#booksky #writersky
Your brain says, you were a fool for doing it, or, c’mon, buck-o, let’s ride again!
#booksky #writersky
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
See, here’s the thing about the ego after finishing a novel—the writing of it, I mean. It can go either way. Like an Amazon review, it’s either angel-kissed or dumpster fire.
Your brain says, you were a fool for doing it, or, c’mon, buck-o, let’s ride again!
#booksky #writersky
Your brain says, you were a fool for doing it, or, c’mon, buck-o, let’s ride again!
#booksky #writersky
Looking for an excuse to make something great?
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
The Midnight Vault II
Call for submissions.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Looking for an excuse to make something great?
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
Check out the Twilight Zone-inspired event on Substack.
#writersky #creatorsky #booksky
Somewhere between the known and the imagined…
Writers, dreamers and the curious–your invitation drops 10.17.25
#writersky #booksky
Writers, dreamers and the curious–your invitation drops 10.17.25
#writersky #booksky
October 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Somewhere between the known and the imagined…
Writers, dreamers and the curious–your invitation drops 10.17.25
#writersky #booksky
Writers, dreamers and the curious–your invitation drops 10.17.25
#writersky #booksky
I don’t post here much because I’ve been busy writing my first novel.
“Oh, really?” You say.
Yes! And you can read it right now in serial form… for free.
#writesky #booksky
“Oh, really?” You say.
Yes! And you can read it right now in serial form… for free.
#writesky #booksky
ISLA | Start Here
Your guide to reading the serialized novel ISLA
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
Fascism is all or nothing.
And when you order it, the whole table gets served. Your friends, your family, the people you claim to care about—they didn’t ask for this dish. But they’ll still be stuck with the check for your poor choices.
And when you order it, the whole table gets served. Your friends, your family, the people you claim to care about—they didn’t ask for this dish. But they’ll still be stuck with the check for your poor choices.
Dispatch No. 35
Words go here
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fascism is all or nothing.
And when you order it, the whole table gets served. Your friends, your family, the people you claim to care about—they didn’t ask for this dish. But they’ll still be stuck with the check for your poor choices.
And when you order it, the whole table gets served. Your friends, your family, the people you claim to care about—they didn’t ask for this dish. But they’ll still be stuck with the check for your poor choices.
One of the great pleasures of writing ISLA is weaving in the Mayan mythology of the Popol Vuh. This week’s chapter is an interlude—my own spin on one of those stories, folded into the larger arc of the island.
#writersky #booksky
#writersky #booksky
ISLA | Chapter Twenty-Nine
Interlude : The Mosquito Spy
open.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One of the great pleasures of writing ISLA is weaving in the Mayan mythology of the Popol Vuh. This week’s chapter is an interlude—my own spin on one of those stories, folded into the larger arc of the island.
#writersky #booksky
#writersky #booksky
When the world seems out of control, nothing is more important than art.
August 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When the world seems out of control, nothing is more important than art.
I grew up on The Goonies, Labyrinth, The Last Starfighter—those adventures where kids stumbled into something bigger than themselves. I looked for a book that captured that same spirit—story plus soundtrack—and when I couldn’t find it, I decided to write one. That’s ISLA.
#writersky #booksky #80s
#writersky #booksky #80s
ISLA | Start Here
Your guide to reading the serialized novel ISLA
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I grew up on The Goonies, Labyrinth, The Last Starfighter—those adventures where kids stumbled into something bigger than themselves. I looked for a book that captured that same spirit—story plus soundtrack—and when I couldn’t find it, I decided to write one. That’s ISLA.
#writersky #booksky #80s
#writersky #booksky #80s
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
I’m trying something (potentially) very daft… the ebook version of my new collection of short stories is *only* available on my site.
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
August 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I’m trying something (potentially) very daft… the ebook version of my new collection of short stories is *only* available on my site.
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
I am all for not owning lots of ‘things’ - but books are not things!!
August 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I am all for not owning lots of ‘things’ - but books are not things!!
I’m trying something (potentially) very daft… the ebook version of my new collection of short stories is *only* available on my site.
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
August 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I’m trying something (potentially) very daft… the ebook version of my new collection of short stories is *only* available on my site.
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
But, if paperbacks are your thing, I’ve got you covered. Get $2 off retail by using the link there, too.
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky #indieauthor
Thanks for a great night reading from Tiny Worlds Volume Two in Mt Shasta, Ca!
#booksky #writersky
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky
jcurtisauthor.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thanks for a great night reading from Tiny Worlds Volume Two in Mt Shasta, Ca!
#booksky #writersky
jcurtisauthor.com
#booksky #writersky
jcurtisauthor.com
My new book Tiny Worlds Volume Two comes out in paperback on the 31st!
But the only place to get the ebook is on my website. Use code: V2 to get $2 off.
#booksky #writersky #launchdiscount #tinyworlds #v2
jcurtisauthor.com/store/tiny-w...
But the only place to get the ebook is on my website. Use code: V2 to get $2 off.
#booksky #writersky #launchdiscount #tinyworlds #v2
jcurtisauthor.com/store/tiny-w...
July 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My new book Tiny Worlds Volume Two comes out in paperback on the 31st!
But the only place to get the ebook is on my website. Use code: V2 to get $2 off.
#booksky #writersky #launchdiscount #tinyworlds #v2
jcurtisauthor.com/store/tiny-w...
But the only place to get the ebook is on my website. Use code: V2 to get $2 off.
#booksky #writersky #launchdiscount #tinyworlds #v2
jcurtisauthor.com/store/tiny-w...
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
Reposted by J. Curtis | Author
Kindness and caring are punk.
July 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Kindness and caring are punk.
What do Siouxsie Sioux, Warren Zevon and Camille Saint-Saens have in common?
They’re all part of the ongoing playlist as I roll out my novel.
#writersky #readersky
They’re all part of the ongoing playlist as I roll out my novel.
#writersky #readersky
ISLA | Start Here
Your guide to reading the serialized novel ISLA
open.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What do Siouxsie Sioux, Warren Zevon and Camille Saint-Saens have in common?
They’re all part of the ongoing playlist as I roll out my novel.
#writersky #readersky
They’re all part of the ongoing playlist as I roll out my novel.
#writersky #readersky