The Last Dance
A tale of the agonies of unrequited love, and of dancing a path through sadness. Trigger warning: alcohol.
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A semi-regular podcast, featuring original stories, fantastic fables and curious tales written and read by your host, Seymour Jacklin. Each episode is from 8-18 minutes long and takes the li...
A tale of the agonies of unrequited love, and of dancing a path through sadness. Trigger warning: alcohol.
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A tired old sailing ship feels outdated and longs for rest and retirement as she sets off from the port.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 bu...
Night time is the time to visit the Cicada Laundrette and meet all kinds of critter characters. Enter the twilight world of washing machines...
A heartwarming magical story for the Holidays in the tradition of well-loved Yuletide tales.
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.
What if ... someone woke up one morning to find a Cadillac in their duck pond? You need wonder no more ...
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 we...
An artist executes an act of subversion one hot afternoon while nobody is paying very much attention.
A friendship is nurtured through a series of entries in 'The Guestbook'. Then, one day, the friends meet each other and things take a magica...
The humble potato has the power to bring so much joy.
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...
This is a story about a stenography machine, and an unusual group of people who meet in a basement .... http://www.bordersofsleep.com
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 trans...
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.
This is a story about an artist called Anna and a surprising discovery she makes in the autumnal woods.
One day in September, 40 years of the companionship of a forest brings a hermit to the culmination of his life cycle.
"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...
It's a story about a quiet girl, and I don't want to give too much away ...
A story about an unlikely friendship that occurs on an expedition to gather chamomile.
Just a rather nice little trip down memory lane in later life, wherein we discover that the peacock is a magical bird ... perhaps.
In which some fascinating things are discovered about the secret lives of plants and other living things.
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...
The strange last journey of an old man from this life.
Two girls get away from it all in a borrowed Studebaker, and get diverted on their way to the coast.
Episode 36 ... a little bit of autobiography: part of the story of the inception of 'Stories from the Borders of Sleep'.
Writting for the wedding of a friend, this story recounts the strangest wedding night of all time.
An episode dedicated to corporate daydreamers, opponents and proponents of boardroom bluster, meeting doodlers and anyone who has ever had t...
As in the King, so in the Kingdom. But how terrible, then, for the Kingdom if the King has lost the will to live...
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...
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...
A cautionary tale about drinking in strange taverns.
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 fac...
Occasionally on this podcast, we feature the work of another author from the public domain. This week we have a short story by the marvellou...
A woodcutter, a sailor, a lace maker, and a mysterious old woman ... sounds like a fairytale to me.
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...
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...
Welcome to "Stories from the Borders of Sleep" Episode 24. Rome ... Romantic? Oppressive? You decide, but just be aware that strange things...
Turpin Whittington has a few problems: an unusual name, complete deafness in his left ear and an uncontrollable tendency to get lost in fair...
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...
What lies beyond the chess board? A few chess pieces get to find out ...
A tale in which a baker gets the better of some savage bears with the help of a mysterious miller.
Stitched together from ideas that occurred to me while out walking the dog, my ponderings on the nature of fear, a dream from a long time ag...
This story does not do what it says on the tin. Not to give too much away, but: It is based on a folk tale that is still told in many variat...
Here is a deep dive into the ocean and beyond, to carry you far away in your imagination, to dream within dreams, or just to help you get to...
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...
A fragment of autobiographical memory, introducing one of the many creatures that inhabited my childhood.
Another folk tale adapted for "Stories from the Borders of Sleep" by Seymour Jacklin. If you are enjoying these stories please rate them on...
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 aliv...