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!
#8 - The Yellow Wallpaper - Part 2
Aug. 24, 2019

#8 - The Yellow Wallpaper - Part 2

Here's part 2 of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I read the first part in Episode 7. It's a little creepy...
#7 - The Yellow Wallpaper - Part 1
Aug. 17, 2019

#7 - The Yellow Wallpaper - Part 1

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was requested by a listener. I had never read it before, but it's great. Bucolic and a bit creepy.
#6 - Goblin Market
Aug. 10, 2019

#6 - Goblin Market

Goblin Market is a beautiful, weird, long poem by Christina Rossetti. It has a strange history and was supposedly written for children... Really? Google it if you want to know more.
#6 - Goblin Market - Extended
Aug. 10, 2019

#6 - Goblin Market - Extended

This is the extended version of Goblin Market, a beautiful and bizarre poem by Christina Rossetti with sounds I recorded at the creek behind my cabin in the background.
#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow - Extended
Aug. 3, 2019

#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow - Extended

This is the extended version of the traditional Japanese fairy tale is 45 minutes long, has no introduction and some sounds of nighttime at the creek in the background.
#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
Aug. 3, 2019

#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

This Japanese fairy tale by Yei Theodora Ozaki tells a story about kindness, with a few demons thrown in for good measure.
#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes - Extended
July 27, 2019

#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes - Extended

An extended length (31 minutes) version of this classic tale with nature sounds in the background and no introduction.
#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes
July 27, 2019

#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes

Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes has been a favorite story of mine since I was a child. It's over a hundred years old but still very relevant to our world today.
#3 - Kvasir's Blood - Extended
July 20, 2019

#3 - Kvasir's Blood - Extended

A classic Viking tale. Just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath.
#3 - Kvasir's Blood
July 20, 2019

#3 - Kvasir's Blood

Here's one more viking myth to help you fall asleep, Kvasir's Blood by Abbie Farwell Brown.
#2 - How Odin Lost His Eye - Extended
July 17, 2019

#2 - How Odin Lost His Eye - Extended

A classic Viking tale. It has just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath.
#2 - How Odin Lost His Eye
July 13, 2019

#2 - How Odin Lost His Eye

Here's another viking myth to help you fall asleep, How Odin Lost His Eye by Abbie Farwell Brown.
#1 - The Beginning Of Things
July 13, 2019

#1 - The Beginning Of Things

The viking myth that started it all.