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Reviewed by Mahitab Mahmoud for Readers' Favorite
TJ Fuller’s Some Stupid Glow is a journey into the deep parts of our minds and desires. Through masterful extended metaphors and poetic language layered with meaning, the collection reveals how the human mind works in mysterious ways, with each layer unfolding every time you move from one story to the next. From the pressure of a mundane, consuming job that demands pretense and what it can drive one to in “Close Calls,” to the quiet reflection on nostalgia, time, and struggle shaped by the weight of a generation gap in “Dizzy Llamas”; from the way dark humor masks vulnerability through an extended metaphor that exposes the cost of judgment, self-doubt, and the longing for recognition in “Bake Me Like One of Your Rough Puff Pastries,” to how choices can feel empty, leaving us stuck rather than empowered in “Some Stupid Glow.”
TJ Fuller’s unique style lingers long after the stories end. You encounter a tense reflection on intimacy and desire in “If You Like to Watch,” and the way chasing a dream can turn sideways, leaving the dreamer to decide whether perseverance is courage or a refusal to let go in “So Far to Go.” The collection also captures a millennial sense of loss and lack of belonging that questions what is truly ours and what is not, and whether comfort found in borrowed spaces can ever become real, in “To What Do I Cling and Think Is Mine.” In “Damn Us All,” the writing pushes readers to question the sense of inevitability beneath belief and the things we take for granted, while “Focus” offers a snippet of loneliness and longing, replaying memories of wins and losses. Some Stupid Glow is an intriguing examination of the human mind, where each turn unveils another mystery and human emotion continually unfolds.
