R.O. Miller

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Cover of ComptonWorld, a dark satirical novella by R.O. Miller, showing a weathered theme park entrance arch reading Comptonworld, A Dark Satirical Novella, with a marquee sign promising Authenticity Guaranteed and an admission ticket priced at $189, opening onto an ordinary residential street at sunset.

Releases 3 November 2026 · Kindle and paperback

ComptonWorld

Dark Social Satire

A clueless heir builds a fake Compton, hires authenticity by the day, and watches outrage turn his indefensible theme park into valuable property.

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Bone Saw cover: a Civil War amputation saw laid across a faded American flag, the title set in cracked gold lettering.

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Bone Saw

Historical Gothic Horror

An ordinary amputation saw passes through war, industry, and frontier medicine, preserving every owner's certainty while bodies bear the cost.

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Dicky Weed cover: a tarnished gold crown sitting in a chrome shopping cart against a dark emerald field.

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Dicky Weed

Dark Comedy, Contemporary Satire

Dicky Weed gives up seven hundred million dollars to become authentic, only to discover that consequence has no interest in his spiritual narrative.

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