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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March 8, 2026

The View from the Loft - A Day Watched from One Window

A relaxing day observed from one window. Just the ridge, the creek, the changing light.
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March 1, 2026

The Last Light - A Story for the Beauty of Enough

A lighthouse keeper spends her final night at work as a season of life comes gently to its close.
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Feb. 22, 2026

The Nightboat of Nanna - A Gentle Journey of Drifting Off

Inspired by ancient Sumerian myth, this sleepy story follows an ordinary man invited aboard the moon god Nanna's night boat.
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Feb. 15, 2026

What the Mountain Remembers - A Journey through Deep Time

A sleepy meditative story told from the perspective of a mountain that has witnessed millions of years.
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Feb. 8, 2026

Bodhi and Joey and the Winter Creek

A tranquil bedtime story featuring two dogs, wise ravens, and the secret songs of winter.
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Feb. 1, 2026

The Garden of a Thousand Wings - A Tale of Peace and Unity - Part Two

Part two of this two-part story follows five birds through seven mystical valleys as they learn to see across difference, to trust without knowing, and to discover the wholeness they were always part of.
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Jan. 25, 2026

The Garden of a Thousand Wings - A Tale of Peace and Unity - Part One

Part one of this two-part story follows five birds through seven mystical valleys as they learn to see across difference, to trust without knowing, and to discover the wholeness they were always part of.
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Jan. 17, 2026

Six Letters - A Ritual of Looking Back and Stepping Forward

A sleepy tale about a man approaching 60 who spends the winter evenings before his birthday writing letters by hand to the person he was at each decade of his life.
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Jan. 11, 2026

Ashi and the Raccoon - A Bedtime Story about the Patient Art of Building Trust

A hungry raccoon discovers Ashi's evening routine at the mountain barn, but reaching the food requires a different kind of intelligence than cat-leaping and grace.
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Jan. 8, 2026

A Starry Night's Lullaby (A Cabin Classic)

In this sleepy original story, young Lila embarks on a magical journey through a celestial dreamscape, guided by the enchanting melody of a lullaby woven from the stars themselves.
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Jan. 4, 2026

Mission Bells at Vespers - A Sleepy Reflection on a Summer Evening

Escape to a 1920s California mission at sunset in this peaceful bedtime story.
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Dec. 31, 2025

The Hidden Forest of Dreams (A Cabin Classic)

A very sleepy original story about a sunset stroll on Sleep Mountain with the old man, Bodhi and Ninja.
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Dec. 28, 2025

The Journey to Stillness - A Dreamy Norse Myth for the Turning Year

Join Odin's quietest son on a sleepy winter journey through frozen forests and mountain villages.
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Dec. 25, 2025

Toinette and the Elves - A Charming Holiday Fairy Tale (A Cabin Classic)

A young girl named Toinette helps a friendly elf and receives the magical gift, leading to an eye-opening adventure that teaches her the joy of kindness.
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Dec. 21, 2025

The Shepherd's Fire - A Christmas Eve Story of Warmth Among Strangers

On a cold Christmas Eve in the hills of Andalusia, a young shepherd named Amara tends her flock alone—until, one by one, lost travelers find her fire.
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Dec. 14, 2025

Llama Trek to the High Valley - A Peaceful Journey through the Andes

Join a peaceful day-long journey through the Andes mountains, following a llama caravan from foothill villages to a hidden high valley.
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Dec. 11, 2025

Mama & the Cubs (A Cabin Classic)

Spend a warm autumn day with mama bear and her cubs in the madrone grove across the canyon.
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Dec. 7, 2025

The Owl and the Longest Night - A Winter Solstice Bedtime Story

Drift through the longest night of the year with a small pygmy owl who watches from her oak tree as the forest settles into winter darkness.
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Nov. 30, 2025

Autumn Woods and Gentle Wisdom - A Mindful Bedtime Story About Nature and Self-Compassion

On her weekly foraging walk through autumn woods, an herbalist connects with the quiet wisdom of mushrooms, flowing water, and ancient trees as she discovers that she doesn't need to accomplish more to find peace.
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Nov. 23, 2025

The Stone Soup Night - A Dreamy Tale of Gratitude and Connection

A cozy bedtime story about gratitude, community, and the warmth that multiplies when we share what we have.
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Nov. 16, 2025

Between Ocean and Sky - The Sleepy Journey of One Drop

Follow a single raindrop through the complete water cycle in this immersive bedtime story—from the darkness deep underground to the bottom of the ocean, through storm and stillness, and back to the sky.
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Nov. 9, 2025

The Remembering - A Bedtime Story About Coming Home

A cozy bedtime story about curiosity, wonder, and the protectors that don't guard us from danger, but from forgetting we're already whole.
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Nov. 2, 2025

Taylor and the Last Pumpkin - An Autumn Love Story about Patience and Presence

A gentle autumn romance about a woman who runs a pumpkin patch, her three very opinionated cats, and a hay ride that changes everything.
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Oct. 26, 2025

The Potter’s Hands - How Imperfect Things Teach Us to Hold What Matters

A woman discovers the meditative art of pottery, learning that mastery comes not from perfection but from the patient practice of beginning again.