Fiction Stories & Meditations
There's nothing like a good bedtime story to grab hold of a racing mind and calm it down. Enjoy these works of fiction, many of them only available here!
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May 16, 2021
#110 - His Smile
A sweet, sleepy story by Susan Glaspell about accepting loss and learning to live again.
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May 9, 2021
#109 - Felicia and the Pot of Pinks
A sleepy fairy tale about a good-hearted girl who finds a secret hidden in a pot of pink flowers.
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May 2, 2021
#108 - The Garden Party
A beautifully descriptive, slice-of-life story from Katherine Mansfield about childhood innocence and caring for your neighbors.
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April 25, 2021
#107 - The Bird Of Truth
A sleepy fairy tale about an orphaned prince and princess and the little bird who helps them find their way home.
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April 18, 2021
#106 - The Muzhik Who Fed Two Officials
A sleepy 19th century Russian satire written as a fairy tale in which two helpless government officials are saved by a hard-working muzhik.
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April 11, 2021
#105 - The Clever Cat
A sleepy fairy tale with a princess, an ogre and a clever cat.
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March 21, 2021
#102 - Green Gardens
A quiet classic about gentleness and redemption written by Frances Noyes Hart.
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March 14, 2021
#101 - The Hundredth Princess
A sleepy fairy tale about a king, an enchantress, and 99 princesses.
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March 11, 2021
#100 - Bartleby The Scrivener - Full Story - Bonus Episode
Herman Melville's slow, quiet classic read in full: all 2 hours and 18 sleepy minutes of it.
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March 7, 2021
#99 - Bliss
A beautifully descriptive sleepy story by Katherine Mansfield about a young mother and her dinner party.
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Feb. 21, 2021
#97 - Jackal or Tiger?
A sleepy fairy tale from ancient Hindustan about the consequences of always thinking you're right.
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Feb. 14, 2021
#96 - The Strange Adventures of Little Maia
A slow, quiet fairy tale about the adventures of a tiny, magical girl.
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Feb. 7, 2021
#95 - The Green Knight
A sleepy Danish fairy tale with a princess, a knight and a wicked step-mother.
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Jan. 31, 2021
#94 - The Voyage
Katherine Mansfield's beautiful, sleepy story about an overnight boat trip in 19th century New Zealand.
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Jan. 24, 2021
#93 - Zlatovlaska The Golden-Haired
A sleepy Czech fairy tale with talking animals and a princess, of course.
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Jan. 17, 2021
#92 - Princess On The Glass Hill
A sweet, sleepy Norse fairy tale with no gods or Vikings.
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Jan. 10, 2021
#90 - Little David Copperfield
A bedtime story by Charles Dickens about one of his most famous characters.
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Jan. 2, 2021
#89 - The Californian's Tale
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.
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Dec. 23, 2020
#87 - Guest Artist Erik Braa - The Gift of the Magi - Bonus Episode
A holiday classic beautifully read by actor Erik Braa.
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Dec. 20, 2020
#86 - Bartleby The Scrivener (Part Four)
The finale of the sleepy Herman Melville classic this week.
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Dec. 13, 2020
#85 - Queen Aster
A sleepy tale about the queen of the autumn flowers by Louisa May Alcott.