Stories from the Borders of Sleep

Beth and the Emerantil

A story of a young girl who intends to become ...

A story of a young girl who intends to become a princess by marrying a prince one day, yet in a single night she meets a strange shadow and an even stranger creature who shows her things no princess has ever seen.

Tolly-pep-me

A fragment of autobiographical memory, introducing one of the many ...

A fragment of autobiographical memory, introducing one of the many creatures that inhabited my childhood.

A Tale of TwoPots

Another folk tale adapted for "Stories from the Borders of ...

Another folk tale adapted for "Stories from the Borders of Sleep" by Seymour Jacklin. If you are enjoying these stories please rate them on iTunes or leave some feedback on the website: http://www.bordersofsleep.com

Between Two Tides

Here is another story that is a retelling of a ...

Here is another story that is a retelling of a vivid and lengthy dream I had many years ago. A stranger is washed up on a beach, barely alive. Years later he tries to recover his memories of a very different time and place and the people he lived with...

Clown

This is a story about ... a clown, that's about ...

This is a story about ... a clown, that's about all I can say without giving the game away!

Balthazar's Chandelier

Welcome to episode 11 of Stories from the Borders of ...

Welcome to episode 11 of Stories from the Borders of Sleep, which tells of an extraordinary day in the life of a humble servant who was trying his best to keep a low profile ... This is one of many stories that I have heard or read in a forgotten...

Swee-swee and the Cobbler

I adapted this story from one that appears in the ...

I adapted this story from one that appears in the writings of Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Christian pastor who was imprisoned by the communists for his faith. He spent some 14 years in prison, much of it in solitary confinement and enduring torture...

Two Handkerchiefs

The latest podcast from www.bordersofsleep.com. This one is a "fairy ...

The latest podcast from www.bordersofsleep.com. This one is a "fairy tale" ... well ... it does have fairies in it but it may not be "happily ever after" in the quite the same way as most fairy tales end. You will also hear about two letters, and two...

The Trespassers

A cautionary tale, and not for the feint of heart. ...

A cautionary tale, and not for the feint of heart. This is a story about what befalls a party of revellers on their way home one night.

The Cat and The Mouse

Adapted from Grimm's Fairy Tales