🎙️ Fendy S. Tulodo

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Read Fendy’s story, Side A for secrets, side B for goodbyes, on Foofaraw now!

At the end of the story, do you think Leo is done listening to others’ memories, or do you think the obsession grows as he looks for more and more to listen to?

He’s not finished. Not at all. The end is not a stop, it’s a turn. When Leo finally understands what the tapes really hold, fear does not make him run away. It pulls him in. His guilt keeps him from turning back. Listening gives him a way out, into someone else’s pain instead of his own. And now that he knows these voices are not just echoes but real burdens from real people, he will keep following them, step by step.

Do you journal, or have you ever recorded voice notes at all?

I started recording voice notes back in high school when smartphones were just starting to get popular here in Indonesia 😅. For me, it is easier to remember things that way, and I can feel more emotion in whoever is speaking than in written notes.

In this story, it very much feels like Leo is peering into others' thoughts, memories, journals—have you ever read someone else’s journals or peered into another person in a similar way?

My father was a retired police officer here. After he retired, he often shared stories with me about how to study “evidence,” whether it was written notes, small objects, or random items, just by observing, not touching. From him, I learned that an object, even a note, can become a real and valid memory that helps you decide what to do next. Maybe I do not explain it very well, but I hope you understand what I mean 😅

As a musician, what’s your opinion on vinyl?

Vinyl, to me, is pure art, and only a few people can really enjoy it. It shows a kind of maturity in the history of music-making. Even now, I feel I am not yet ready to make something that deserves to exist in vinyl form.

I’m fascinated by this line in your bio, could you elaborate on what this looks like a bit: “He works with words and music to study how time feels different to people, and how connections linger even when they’re gone.”

Here is how I see it. We often listen (or read a story) to a song only for the melody, the lyrics, or the genre. But we forget to ask why the song was made, why we should listen to it, and what the artist wants us to feel after hearing it. When we try to go deeper, we can sense the connection that often feels lost, and I think that is a very fun thing to discover.

Do you have any other recent stories of yours you can share with us?

Here are 4 works where my writing appears:

• The Mountain’s Forgotten Friend. This is a full book by me, published by Pecan Springs Publishing, released June 15, 2025.
• Sublimation: Volume 2, Issue 3, A Midsummer’s Day Nightmare: A Magazine of Speculative Poetry and Art. This is an anthology with multiple authors, published by Sublimation, released June 27, 2025.
• Edition 26 (The Stygian Lepus Magazine). This is an anthology with multiple authors, published by Stygian Lepus, released June 29, 2025.
• Sea of Monsters: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology. This is an anthology with multiple authors, published by Dragon Soul Press, released June 30, 2025.

All of them were released in June, which happens to be my birthday month, so I am very happy that you are helping me share them with everyone.

Thanks so much to Fendy for chatting about music and memories with us today!