Audio & Essays

Where stories are tested aloud and ideas are worked through.

Many of these stories begin here—spoken aloud, read slowly, and tested for rhythm and truth before they become finished pieces. Some are serialized. Some are exploratory. All of them are part of the work in progress.

Audio

Select stories from The Macho Man Chronicles and The Dead Follow the Hull are narrated and released as audio. These recordings are straightforward and unpolished by design—focused on voice,pacing, and presence.

Listen on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gWNaogwS76plkSsOQZmYo?si=BWgOiPblS3e8rJyb-eKuwQ

Essays /Serialized Writing

Short essays, early drafts, and serialized work are published through Substack. This space functions as a working notebook — a place to think in public and refine ideas over time.

Read On Substack: https://robwhaley.substack.com/

Not everything shared here becomes a finished piece. Some things are meant to be spoken once,written once,and then left behind.