the stories i wish you heard

so much happened, i couldn't bring myself to write any stories. so i decided to read someone else's. welcome to aural fixation. 🌹🪻🌷 Listen to the Mrs. Dalloway playlist at ⁠spoti.fi/3xAufqD⁠ . --- Woolf, Virginia. (1925). Mrs. Dalloway. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved February 21, 2016, from ⁠www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71865⁠ .

so much happened, i couldn't bring myself to write any stories. so i decided to read someone else's. welcome to aural fixation. 🌹🪻🌷 Listen to the Mrs. Dalloway playlist at spoti.fi/3xAufqD . --- Woolf, Virginia. (1925). Mrs. Dalloway. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved February 21, 2016, from www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71865 .

🎶 Best enjoyed with music in this playlist: bit.ly/4aDcvdo . Hey tiger. You busy? I’m sorry… I just didn’t know who else to talk to. Yeah, I’m okay I think. It’s just… I didn’t know who else to talk to. Originally published in January 2024 on ⁠⁠ citybuoy.blogspot.com ⁠⁠. --- 👉 Do you have a story you wish was heard? Send it to me to be featured in the next episode. If you’d like to take a load o...

🎶 Best enjoyed with music in this playlist: bit.ly/4aDcvdo . Whose scent is this? Who left like an indelible mark on your skin? Whose hands were you holding just hours before? Does he know you’re here with me? Originally published in January 2024 on ⁠⁠ citybuoy.blogspot.com ⁠⁠. --- 👉 Do you have a story you wish was heard? Send it to me to be featured in the next episode. If you’d like to take a...

🎶 Best enjoyed with music in this playlist: bit.ly/4aDcvdo . I don’t know when or how it happened but somewhere along the line, my love – once a fine cushion you could lay your head upon – turned into shackles that tied you down. Originally published in January 2024 on ⁠⁠ citybuoy.blogspot.com ⁠⁠. --- 👉 Do you have a story you wish was heard? Send it to me to be featured in the next episode. If...

🎶 Best enjoyed with music in this playlist: bit.ly/4aDcvdo . This is it. This is the point of no return in this conversation. My feet firmly on the landmine, it becomes increasingly clear that no one was coming to save me. Originally published in January 2024 on ⁠⁠ citybuoy.blogspot.com ⁠⁠. --- 👉 Do you have a story you wish was heard? Send it to me to be featured in the next episode. If you’d l...

🎶 Best enjoyed with music in this playlist: bit.ly/4aDcvdo . And maybe it was simpler when we were younger. Maybe before we had a home and promises to keep, we had the time to focus on just being… us. I don’t even know. Somehow, in the middle of paying the bills, getting groceries, making a life, we lost touch of each other. Maybe in the pursuit of living a life together, I failed to see that he’...

🎶 Best enjoyed with music in this playlist: bit.ly/4aDcvdo . Happy new year, tiger. I hope your new year’s is a little bit better. Originally published in January 2024 on ⁠⁠ citybuoy.blogspot.com ⁠⁠. --- 👉 Do you have a story you wish was heard? Send it to me to be featured in the next episode. If you’d like to take a load off, you can share your stories with me. Send me a message on X or instag...

🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STORIES! It's been three years since my first episode. Thank you for tuning in to the stories I wish you heard. I hope you enjoy today's twin offering. 🙋‍♂️ What is the most intimate non-sexual thing you’ve ever done? Join this week’s Storytellers (Makoy, Jay, and Janssen) as we go over how The Man Who Stayed was written and produced for this podcast, the limits you hav...

🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STORIES! It's been three years since my first episode. Thank you for tuning in to the stories I wish you heard. I hope you enjoy today's twin offering. He looks so lonely in the early morning sky. Never looked more beautiful than when he’s breaking my heart. I look straight into his dark brown eyes and see a million forevers that would never be. It’ll be morning soon. I...

You know, my life’s been a mess these last few weeks. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be putting all this on you. I know we just met but… it feels like you’re the only calm in my life. Would you… would you mind staying the night? Just for tonight. I just really need someone to hold me. Originally published in June 2023 on ⁠citybuoy.blogspot.com⁠ . --- 👉 Do you have a story you wish was heard? Send it to m...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- Hey, it’s been a while. Yeah, yeah. I know. I said I’d be back soon but… I’ve been busy. Just with the...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- I remember the last time you kissed me. You were half awake when I crawled into bed. With eyes closed,...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- When you left, I fantasized about the moment I’d see you again.  Perhaps the next time you see th...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- I search through the cracks for my memory, some reminder that I was there. You are whole again and I’m...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- I once lit a torch for you. Its glow provided light through the darkest nights. It kept me warm on eve...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- He says “Ah, but that was a lifetime ago” and I nod. Sometimes, memories are so distant, they stop bel...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- “Are we good?” he asks me as I am packing my things. “You seem upset?” “I’m fine,” I lie. “But for wha...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- “Where I’m from, they name storms after women,” he said to me and I asked why. “Only a woman can ravag...

POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two. --- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to. Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj . --- You still there? Yeah, that was the last one. I guess you have to go back – it’s pretty rude to be in...

The little things don’t scare me. But if you ask me about forever, well… that’s a different story. --- That's a wrap for Season 6! If you miss me too much, come find me at (just the stories) i wish you heard: https://spoti.fi/3c2J07Q . --- 👉 If you have a story you’d like to tell, send me a voice message on Facebook at facebook.com/thestoriesiwishyouheard , on Twitter or Instagram @citybuoy, or y...

I told him I knew he'd stopped loving me because he stopped drawing me. Years later, he would tell me exactly when he stopped. --- I hope you enjoy the conclusion of All That We Were Losing. You can listen to the first part here. 🎉 HAPPY 100,000 STREAMS! This episode is out a few days early because I’m celebrating a milestone for this show. As of this moment, The Stories I Wish You Heard has been...

These are the stories i wish you heard - a safe space for the broken-hearted to breathe and tell their stories. Listen to a new episode every week on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Often times, closure is elusive. Only the brave can seek it out for themselves. --- I hope you enjoy the first part of All That We Were Losing. Stay tuned next week for the story’s conclusion. A big thank you to @bjornforyou for lending his voice to this episode. --- 👉 If you have a story you’d like to tell, send me a voice message on Facebook at facebook.com/thestoriesiwishyouheard , on Twitter...

I wanted to break up with him but fate had other plans. 👉 If you have a story you’d like to tell, send me a voice message on Facebook at facebook.com/thestoriesiwishyouheard , on Twitter or Instagram @citybuoy, or you can send me an email at stories [at] thebunkph [dot] com. Don’t forget to join the Stories Telegram channel for free, exclusive content at t.me/tsiwyh . --- Simultaneously published...