The History of Sound: Stories

by Ben Shattuck

The history of sound, lost daily.

If I had time to think about how lonely I was I’d probably shoot myself.

history is personal, even when it isn’t.

the afterlife itself—the supposed end of the sunlit ramp—is likely a space imagined by people hoping to ease their grief for the ones they’ve lost.

It’s a function of escapism—nostalgia.

I wouldn’t wish an uneventful life on my worst enemy.”