Audrey Coldwell

“My grandfather once said that happiness isn’t a story. So, there isn’t much to say about those first weeks.”
― Ben Shattuck, The History of Sound: Stories

“I will do as I please,” Isabel cut her off, a sharp tone, and then continued to do nothing of what she pleased: throat too tight to swallow, guilt-rotten heat in her belly, down her spine.”
― Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep

“The memories of fireflies and swimming naked in the waterfall did nothing but make very fine and long incisions in the membrane of contentedness I’d built up over the years—a good home, a successful career, kind neighbors, a few great relationships. A wasted life.”
― Ben Shattuck, The History of Sound: Stories

“My father said that every story is a confession if you listen closely enough.”
― Ben Shattuck, The History of Sound: Stories