Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/quiet-stories-in-a-loud-world-3e36e1d5-e3c6-4acc-abbd-7099ab976756 Quiet Stories in a Loud World is a collection of original short fiction. Intimate, character-driven stories that favor stillness over noise. Written and narrated by Stacy Dean Campbell, each episode unfolds with a light, understated touch, creating a listening experience that lingers long after it ends. ©2026 Story Box 01813c03-d9c8-5912-8ba5-b55806eb11c9 yes en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:19 -0700 Fri, 22 May 2026 08:01:41 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/fsLh35rLj89tgWAxqPk7h-53qX1ebRaHVhb9--Wppho/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mOTZm/NmEyM2MzZTdlNjRm/NjA2M2FmODcyZTZj/OTU2Zi5wbmc.jpg episodic Stacy Dean Campbell Quiet Stories in a Loud World is a collection of original short fiction. Intimate, character-driven stories that favor stillness over noise. Written and narrated by Stacy Dean Campbell, each episode unfolds with a light, understated touch, creating a listening experience that lingers long after it ends. Quiet Stories in a Loud World is a collection of original short fiction. Stacy Dean Campbell sdc@stacy-dean.com No No 6 6 Episode 6: By the River's Edge full bbe088b1-8eb3-494a-b692-de5eec361083 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4fd7adb An elderly woman spends her days by the window of a nursing home, watching the parking lot for a visitor that never seems to arrive. Beyond it, a river moves steadily on, cold, constant, and unchanged. As the days pass, she begins to find herself drawn more to what lies beyond the glass than to what remains inside.

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Stacy Dean Campbell Stacy Dean Campbell 830 An elderly woman spends her days by the window of a nursing home, watching the parking lot for a visitor that never seems to arrive. Beyond it, a river moves steadily on, cold, constant, and unchanged. As the days pass, she begins to find herself drawn more to what lies beyond the glass than to what remains inside.

]]> No 5 5 Episode 5: On the Platform at Clarke & Lake full ee293256-9c88-4048-b93a-62e4c6d0fb31 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5ffa87ba On opposite-bound trains in Chicago, a man and a woman fall into the habit of noticing each other through the frost dusted windows night after night, just long enough to feel it. Nothing is said, nothing asked for, but something begins to take shape in the space between the passing cars. Then one night, she isn’t there. The train keeps moving. So does everything else.

]]> On opposite-bound trains in Chicago, a man and a woman fall into the habit of noticing each other through the frost dusted windows night after night, just long enough to feel it. Nothing is said, nothing asked for, but something begins to take shape in the space between the passing cars. Then one night, she isn’t there. The train keeps moving. So does everything else.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Stacy Dean Campbell Stacy Dean Campbell 780 On opposite-bound trains in Chicago, a man and a woman fall into the habit of noticing each other through the frost dusted windows night after night, just long enough to feel it. Nothing is said, nothing asked for, but something begins to take shape in the space between the passing cars. Then one night, she isn’t there. The train keeps moving. So does everything else.

]]> No 4 4 Episode 4: From the House That Listens For Trains full 05d35b21-eb51-4cc1-8528-51f92d46622c https://share.transistor.fm/s/f23dafc4 With the mines quiet and work gone scarce, a coal miner heads into the mountains in search of ginseng, something to carry them through. At night, the sound of coal trains returns, low and steady in the distance, stirring thoughts he’s tried to keep in check. His wife hears it too, and knows better than to trust what it might promise.

]]> With the mines quiet and work gone scarce, a coal miner heads into the mountains in search of ginseng, something to carry them through. At night, the sound of coal trains returns, low and steady in the distance, stirring thoughts he’s tried to keep in check. His wife hears it too, and knows better than to trust what it might promise.

]]> Fri, 08 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Stacy Dean Campbell Stacy Dean Campbell 696 With the mines quiet and work gone scarce, a coal miner heads into the mountains in search of ginseng, something to carry them through. At night, the sound of coal trains returns, low and steady in the distance, stirring thoughts he’s tried to keep in check. His wife hears it too, and knows better than to trust what it might promise.

]]> No 3 3 Episode 3: Between the Vacancy Sign and the Interstate full 74512289-776a-47b5-9df4-6361cf412b01 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b278443b A teenage girl drifts into a truck stop diner late one night, carrying more than she lets on. The man behind the counter has seen enough to recognize the look, though he can’t quite name it and wouldn’t know what to do if he could. As the hours pass, he watches, caught between instinct and distance, unsure where the line is…or what happens if he crosses it.

]]> A teenage girl drifts into a truck stop diner late one night, carrying more than she lets on. The man behind the counter has seen enough to recognize the look, though he can’t quite name it and wouldn’t know what to do if he could. As the hours pass, he watches, caught between instinct and distance, unsure where the line is…or what happens if he crosses it.

]]> Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Stacy Dean Campbell Stacy Dean Campbell 725 A teenage girl drifts into a truck stop diner late one night, carrying more than she lets on. The man behind the counter has seen enough to recognize the look, though he can’t quite name it and wouldn’t know what to do if he could. As the hours pass, he watches, caught between instinct and distance, unsure where the line is…or what happens if he crosses it.

]]> No 2 2 Episode 2: In the Shadows of the Porchlight full 709bd24c-a2ba-47ee-bed5-5944e1d9d13b https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c7fbdfa An aging man, unsteady in both step and memory, wanders into a neighborhood yard sale on an ordinary afternoon. The items feel familiar in ways he can’t quite place, objects that seem to carry a past just out of reach. As he lingers, something in the arrangement begins to trouble him, though he can’t say why.

]]> An aging man, unsteady in both step and memory, wanders into a neighborhood yard sale on an ordinary afternoon. The items feel familiar in ways he can’t quite place, objects that seem to carry a past just out of reach. As he lingers, something in the arrangement begins to trouble him, though he can’t say why.

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Stacy Dean Campbell Stacy Dean Campbell 772 An aging man, unsteady in both step and memory, wanders into a neighborhood yard sale on an ordinary afternoon. The items feel familiar in ways he can’t quite place, objects that seem to carry a past just out of reach. As he lingers, something in the arrangement begins to trouble him, though he can’t say why.

]]> No 1 1 Episode 1: At the End of the Bar full 534ea182-78f9-4edc-9388-2bf30baa2d4b https://share.transistor.fm/s/a86c6f9b Four Masonic brothers meet after the funeral of a close friend. As they drink and remember, the conversation turns toward whether he was laid to rest where he truly belonged. By the end of the night, they decide to do something about it.

]]> Four Masonic brothers meet after the funeral of a close friend. As they drink and remember, the conversation turns toward whether he was laid to rest where he truly belonged. By the end of the night, they decide to do something about it.

]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:42:49 -0700 Stacy Dean Campbell Stacy Dean Campbell 901 Four Masonic brothers meet after the funeral of a close friend. As they drink and remember, the conversation turns toward whether he was laid to rest where he truly belonged. By the end of the night, they decide to do something about it.

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