Some stories linger quietly on the page.
Others ask to be spoken.
With every milestone this community reaches, I’ll be releasing a free narrated version of a story from The Shape of Silence—read aloud in my voice, the way I always imagined them sounding.
Think of it as a shared unfolding.
Each new subscriber brings us one story closer to hearing the full shape of the silence.
The Journey Ahead:
Here’s what we’ll unlock together:
100 subscribers - Unlocked
200 subscribers - Unlocked
300 – One Station Away
500 – In Absentia
…and all the way to 10,000, when I’ll release the title story: The Shape of Silence.
Every story is personal. Every milestone makes it possible.
Not just a book promotion, but an act of listening—together.
Already subscribed? Thank you! You’ve already made the first story possible.
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Let’s hear what silence becomes.
Let’s see where this takes us.
—Robert
love how you’ve made storytelling feel like a shared ritual. subscribed happily and will refer back to your page read and listen more of your work