Stories from the Borders of Sleep
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Stories from the Borders of Sleep
A semi-regular podcast, featuring original stories, fantastic fables and curious tales written and read by your host, Seymour Jacklin. Each episode takes the listener on an imaginative and thought-provoking journey. Aimed at adults but very suitable for children, too.
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The Tree Who Walked
What has an ancient yew tree to do when she captures a wanderlust from two passing travellers? Of course, she must go a-roving too, and find her own a...
Pillow Pillar Portals
The new kid at school seems a bit odd, but things are about to get a whole lot stranger. As you put your head on your pillows tonight, I hope this one...
Mother Voyage
A tired old sailing ship feels outdated and longs for rest and retirement as she sets off from the port. Her wish is unexpectedly granted but it is a...
The Cicada Laundrette
Night time is the time to visit the Cicada Laundrette and meet all kinds of critter characters. Enter the twilight world of washing machines and soap...
Decorations
A heartwarming magical story for the Holidays in the tradition of well-loved Yuletide tales.
The Copse
For all the gatherers of feathers and stones and the friends of nature, a tale of healing and connection with the soul of the woodland.
The Cadillac in the Pond
What if ... someone woke up one morning to find a Cadillac in their duck pond? You need wonder no more ...
The Boat Going Home
Here's another sleeptime story that came from a dream. In it you will meet a special friend that I was privileged to have for a while, as well as acco...
Flea
An artist executes an act of subversion one hot afternoon while nobody is paying very much attention.
The Guestbook
A friendship is nurtured through a series of entries in 'The Guestbook'. Then, one day, the friends meet each other and things take a magical turn.
The Artisan, The Abbot and the Architect
Three men meet one evening and not entirely by chance ... the story unfolds. Above them is the monastery and below them is the forest, each with their...
Monday Mechanical CLub
This is a story about a stenography machine, and an unusual group of people who meet in a basement ....
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To Catch a Skerrid
Magic runs in the family, so when cousin Rupert comes to spend the summer with Damson and her mother, there are magic tricks, a little transdimensiona...
The Frog and Banjo
Neither the frog or the banjo are quite what you might think at first - a mystical pair who surprised everyone and taught a few lessons.
Sketching and Painting
This is a story about an artist called Anna and a surprising discovery she makes in the autumnal woods.
Brother Savion
One day in September, 40 years of the companionship of a forest brings a hermit to the culmination of his life cycle.
The Librarian
"You know, all this talk we are talking? It's like the sunshine and the rain. It's present or not, but when it is present it soaks and warms and disap...
Chippie and Angus
It's a story about a quiet girl, and I don't want to give too much away ...
Lady Isabella
A story about an unlikely friendship that occurs on an expedition to gather chamomile.
Horseless Carriage
Just a rather nice little trip down memory lane in later life, wherein we discover that the peacock is a magical bird ... perhaps.
Rehoming
In which some fascinating things are discovered about the secret lives of plants and other living things.
Water Cure
Inspired by a piece of music by Paul Morris (https://soundcloud.com/paul-morris-music-for-film) this story tells of a strange visit to an unusual shri...
Poor Butterfly
Two girls get away from it all in a borrowed Studebaker, and get diverted on their way to the coast.
My Journey
Episode 36 ... a little bit of autobiography: part of the story of the inception of 'Stories from the Borders of Sleep'.
The Night of the Nipperquins
Writting for the wedding of a friend, this story recounts the strangest wedding night of all time.
Hitting it Out of the Park
An episode dedicated to corporate daydreamers, opponents and proponents of boardroom bluster, meeting doodlers and anyone who has ever had to circle t...
Thrice Buried
As in the King, so in the Kingdom. But how terrible, then, for the Kingdom if the King has lost the will to live...
Kalakut's Gift
This is a story about a little girl and a volcano and it's also about a grandfather and a fish, and a village and a rock ... and many other things if...
The Jellyfarglemarsh
Here we are, back after a long hiatus, kicking off a new season of fortnightly podcasts with episode 31 - a tale containing a lot of made-up words ...
Returning Student
Can there be learning without books? Can there be as much to ponder in a day of walking as in a term of studying? A student is forced to face these qu...
The Other Side of the Hedge by E.M. Forster
Occasionally on this podcast, we feature the work of another author from the public domain. This week we have a short story by the marvellous E.M Fors...
Iron and Wood
A woodcutter, a sailor, a lace maker, and a mysterious old woman ... sounds like a fairytale to me.
Michigan Water
It's December 1939, a hard winter in Harlem and pianist Jelly Roll Morton is plotting his return to fame. Tragically, in just over a year he would be...
The Wisdom of Things Found
If you listen to anything, animal, vegetable or mineral, in time it will disclose some secret wisdom to you that you are obligated to share with other...
Fighting Lions
Welcome to "Stories from the Borders of Sleep" Episode 24. Rome ... Romantic? Oppressive? You decide, but just be aware that strange things might happ...
The Ferryman
Turpin Whittington has a few problems: an unusual name, complete deafness in his left ear and an uncontrollable tendency to get lost in fairy-land but...
The Unhappy Body by Lord Dunsany
Every once in a while, we have decided to unearth a short story from the public domain and to give it the "Borders of Sleep" treatment. Here's a curio...