Stories from the Borders of Sleep

My Journey

Episode 36 ... a little bit of autobiography: part of ...

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 ...

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 ...

An episode dedicated to corporate daydreamers, opponents and proponents of boardroom bluster, meeting doodlers and anyone who has ever had to circle the waggons, eat their own dogfood or deploy blue-sky thinking - this is for you.

Thrice Buried

As in the King, so in the Kingdom. But how ...

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 ...

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 you listen carefully.

The Jellyfarglemarsh

Here we are, back after a long hiatus, kicking off ...

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 ...

Cantatur in Taberna

A cautionary tale about drinking in strange taverns.

Returning Student

Can there be learning without books? Can there be as ...

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 questions on his way home for the summer.

The Other Side of the Hedge by E.M. Forster

Occasionally on this podcast, we feature the work of another ...

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 Forster. Writing in the first half of the twentieth century, his romantic soul was troubled by the march...

Iron and Wood

A woodcutter, a sailor, a lace maker, and a mysterious ...

A woodcutter, a sailor, a lace maker, and a mysterious old woman ... sounds like a fairytale to me.