Some Stupid Glow
Some Stupid Glow
a short-story collection by TJ Fuller
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The characters in TJ Fuller’s debut collection are desperate. They want their lives to mean something. They seek solace in work, validation and hope in others. And they fail. A lot. The songs they sing us hit home—and they hit hard—but not without humor, grace, and some straight-up weirdness.
At times speculative and/or surreal, these stories set in the Pacific Northwest feature as many Philip Seymour Hoffmans as you can imagine, even more dream versions of yourself, aging backyard wrestlers, homeless gamblers, and much more. Let TJ tell you some tales you won’t soon forget.
Size: 5.25”x8”
Pages: 184
ISBN: 9781943888313
Publication date: April 14, 2026
Praise for TJ Fuller
“In this whip-smart-alec collection of stories, TJ Fuller wields his singular brand of hilarity: bracing and playful, sudden glimpses of characters longing for connection—in relationships, in wrestling matches, in dead-ends jobs—people choosing their own adventures in an absurd world where the idea of choice might be the funniest bit of all.”
“The stories in TJ Fuller’s terrific debut collection embody the divinity in the everyday, and the everyday in divinity … Fuller is the reluctant prophet of our times, rendering humanity and all its flaws onto the page with acuity, humor, and tenderness. ”
“TJ Fuller officially had me with ‘He has a voice like sweatpants,’ but then when a four-year-old directs her father to, ‘Chomp, you shit,’ I knew this book was for me. Some Stupid Glow feels like a playground I got to run wild in, if said playground was slightly fucked up and, okay, kind of dangerous. I loved it and I’m going back in.”
Table of Contents
Piano Season
Dizzy Llamas
Dreams of Ribbons and Trophies
Millions of Reasons
Where’d You Go?
If You Like to Watch
Off the Grid
Slim Fit
What a Joy Divine
Close Calls
So Far to Go
To What Do I Cling and Think is Mine
Some Stupid Glow
Heaven Has No Fluorescents
Damn Us All
Awful Math
About the author
TJ Fuller's stories have been featured in The Columbia Journal, Juked, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and other journals. His work has also been included in two anthologies, What I Thought of Ain't Funny, based on the work of Mitch Hedberg, and And If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative. He earned an M.F.A. in fiction from Eastern Washington University, and has been accepted to both Tin House and Sewanee summer workshops. Currently, he teaches composition and creative writing at Mt. Hood Community College and is the faculty advisor for Perceptions Magazine, the school’s magazine of the arts. Some Stupid Glow is his first book..
