We carry them.
We leave them behind.
But what if the objects we touch... remember us?
In this deeply moving and quietly powerful anthology, C.M. Wayers invites readers into a world where the inanimate become intimate. The Object Diaries is a collection of five lyrical novellas, each told from the perspective of an ordinary object that has borne witness to extraordinary human stories.
In The Life and Times of Chair #27, a well-worn seat remembers every moment it held-from love and laughter to grief and goodbye.
In I Carried Her, a battered backpack chronicles the journey of one soul's coming-of-age, heartbreak, and hope.
In The Quilt We Shared, stitches unravel the story of a family's love, loss, and reconciliation through generations.
In The Key That Stayed, a rusted latch holds tight to the truth of what was locked away-and what was finally set free.
And in The Mirror That Spoke, a pane of glass reveals far more than reflections-it remembers what others chose to forget.
Told with tenderness, emotional depth, and poetic precision, The Object Diaries is not just a collection of stories. It is a meditation on what we pass down, what we hide away, and what remains long after we're gone.
These objects may be silent.
But they are never empty.