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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Jan. 30, 2022
#152 - A Thing Of Beauty
A sweet, sleepy story about finding the soft heart of beauty in our sometimes hard world.
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Jan. 23, 2022
#150 - Momotaro
A Japanese fairy tale about a magical boy who was born from a peach.
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Jan. 9, 2022
#146 - The Travelling Doll
A sweet, sleepy tale from the early 1900s about a girl who lives on a fishing boat with her family and her dog.
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Jan. 2, 2022
#144 - Prince Ring
A sleepy Icelandic fairy tale about a prince and his magical dog.
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Dec. 24, 2021
#143 - A Christmas Carol - Part Five
The sleepy conclusion of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.
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Dec. 19, 2021
#142 - A Christmas Carol - Part Four
A sleepy reading of part four of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.
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Dec. 12, 2021
#141 - A Christmas Carol - Part Three
A sleepy reading of part three of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.
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Dec. 5, 2021
#140 - A Christmas Carol - Part Two
A sleepy reading of part two of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.
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Nov. 28, 2021
#139 - A Christmas Carol - Part One
By multiple requests, a sleepy reading of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.
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Nov. 21, 2021
#138 - Tom's Thanksgiving
A sweet, sleepy story about a Thanksgiving surprise in early 1900s Boston.
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Nov. 7, 2021
#136 - The Schoolmistress
A sleepy classic by Anton Chekov about a morning in the life of a late 19th century schoolmistress in tsarist Russia.
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Oct. 31, 2021
#135 - The Cat That Walked By Himself
A sleepy tale about how cats and people might first have come to live together.
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Oct. 24, 2021
#134 - Ib and Little Christina
A sleepy, bittersweet fairy tale about two star-crossed lovers by Hans Christian Andersen.
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Oct. 17, 2021
#133 - Her First Ball
A sweet, sleepy story by Katherine Mansfield about a young country woman's outing to her first ball in the big city.
Oct. 13, 2021
The Children of Odin - Part 1 (Listen To Sleep Plus)
This is a free preview of Listen To Sleep Plus. We just finished Peter Pan, and now we're starting The Children of Odin, a great book of Norse tales.
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Oct. 3, 2021
#131 - The Werewolf
A sleepy (and not too creepy) werewolf romance for spooky season; think Romeo meets Mr. Hyde.
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Sept. 26, 2021
#130 - Chess
A mystical tale about an old man living in the woods who builds a chess set that changes his life.
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Sept. 21, 2021
#129 - Guest Artist Kristof Hajos - The Story of the Siren - Bonus Episode
A sleepy classic by E.M. Forster read by singer/songwriter Kristof Hajos.
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Sept. 19, 2021
#128 - The Interval
A sleepy (not scary) ghost story about a woman's search for a message from her lost husband.
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Sept. 12, 2021
#127 - Odin and the Wolf
A sleepy viking tale about Odin's search for wisdom and a magical wolf who would not be tamed.
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Sept. 5, 2021
#126 - A Fairy's Blunder
A sleepy fairy tale about a good-hearted fairy who tries to help, but winds up making things a little worse first.
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Aug. 22, 2021
#124 - The Bat and Belfry Inn
A sleepy tale about a couple on a drive through the Welsh countryside who come upon a slightly bizarre but friendly inn.
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Aug. 8, 2021
#122 - The Velveteen Rabbit
The sleepy classic about a toy rabbit who becomes real.
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Aug. 1, 2021
#121 - Thor's Visit To The Giants
A sleepy Viking tale where Thor and Loki try to best the king of the giants.