Fiction Stories & Meditations

Herman Melville's slow, quiet classic read in full: all 2 hours and 18 sleepy minutes of it.

A beautifully descriptive sleepy story by Katherine Mansfield about a young mother and her dinner party.

A sleepy musing on Eve's first days in Eden by Mark Twain.

A sleepy fairy tale from ancient Hindustan about the consequences of always thinking you're right.

A slow, quiet fairy tale about the adventures of a tiny, magical girl.

A sleepy Danish fairy tale with a princess, a knight and a wicked step-mother.

Katherine Mansfield's beautiful, sleepy story about an overnight boat trip in 19th century New Zealand.

A sleepy Czech fairy tale with talking animals and a princess, of course.

A sweet, sleepy Norse fairy tale with no gods or Vikings.

A bedtime story by Charles Dickens about one of his most famous characters.

A beautiful, sleepy tale about love and loss by Mark Twain. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/142 .

A New Year's classic by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

A holiday classic beautifully read by actor Erik Braa.

The finale of the sleepy Herman Melville classic this week.

A sleepy tale about the queen of the autumn flowers by Louisa May Alcott.

It's part three (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.

A sleepy tale about a woodchuck who couldn't tell his left from right.

Part Two (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.

A sleepy folk tale from Zimbabwe.

Part One (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.

A Danish fairy tale about the pain of growing up an outsider and the joy of finding out who you really are.

Mark Twain's heartrendingly beautiful classic, by request for a listener who likes longer stories.

A classic Grimm Brothers fairy tale.

For Leif Erikson Day, a Viking tale of giants, dwarfs, gods and monsters.