Stories from the Borders of Sleep
Original and unusual stories, fairy tales and fables for all ages
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Midsummer
Three schoolboys and an idyllic midsummer evening on the river ...
Three schoolboys and an idyllic midsummer evening on the river Thames, echoing in the memory forever. This is a short snapshot, the very briefest of autobiographical sketches from my early teens. Enjoy!
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Greatness
Dear Listener, What is greatness, anyway? I guess we all ...
Dear Listener, What is greatness, anyway? I guess we all have a different idea of what it means to be "great". Here is a story about someone who was rather like a lot of us, and certainly a lot like me, who had never really thought it through. My...
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One Stormy Night
What are archaeologists really looking for? This one is digging ...
What are archaeologists really looking for? This one is digging up his own soul. This week's story is longer than the usual Borders of Sleep fare and certainly longer than I would normally podcast; but, I am still wanting to try out different things...
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Tree and Stream
If you were water, what sort of water would you ...
If you were water, what sort of water would you be? Would you be the water in a stream or the water in a tree? Or would you be ice or vapour? And what would it be like to be able to see the path of an ant or a star with the same clarity as we see the...
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Water in the Desert
Here's a story that is a precise retelling of a ...
Here's a story that is a precise retelling of a dream that I had many years ago. Make of it what you will; but, for my part, I have never been able to escape the feeling that there is more life to be had if we would only stop being so clever about...
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The Prince and the Bird
Where a prince discovers that everything in his kingdom is ...
Where a prince discovers that everything in his kingdom is also in his own soul.
