Stories from the Borders of Sleep

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A semi-regular podcast, featuring original stories, fantastic fables and curious tales by written and read by your host, Seymour Jacklin. Each episode is from 8-18 minutes long and takes the listener on an imaginative and thought provoking journey. Aimed at adults but very suitable for children, too…

Seymour Jacklin


    • Oct 14, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 60 EPISODES

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    The Stories from the Borders of Sleep podcast has been a constant source of comfort and relaxation for me during difficult times. Seymour Jacklin's soothing voice and imaginative storytelling have helped guide me to sleep on many nights when stress and distractions were overwhelming. I am grateful for his incredible imagination and gift for storytelling, making this podcast a truly lovely experience.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the host's reading voice and the fairytale quality of the narration. Seymour Jacklin's voice is smooth and satisfying to listen to, adding to the calming effect of the stories. The sound design is also relaxing, creating an immersive experience that helps alleviate stress. The stories themselves are beautifully written, capturing the listener's attention with their creativity and thoughtfulness. They hold up to musings about symbolism and message, making them not only enjoyable but also intellectually stimulating.

    However, one downside of this podcast is that new episodes don't come out very often. While it is understandable that it takes time to come up with good stories, some listeners may find themselves eagerly awaiting new content. Additionally, there could be a desire for more episodes overall, as the captivating nature of these stories leaves listeners wanting more.

    In conclusion, The Stories from the Borders of Sleep podcast is a nourishing and unique listening experience. It provides solace during stressful times and invites listeners into a world of imagination and wonder. While there may be a longing for more frequent episodes, the quality and beauty of each story make up for any wait. Overall, this podcast is an excellent choice for anyone who enjoys bedtime stories or wants to escape into a realm filled with creativity and enchantment.



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    Latest episodes from Stories from the Borders of Sleep

    Pillow Pillar Portals

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 32:06


    The new kid at school seems a bit odd, but things are about to get a whole lot stranger. As you put your head on your pillows tonight, I hope this one will take you to another world. And maybe you will wake up tomorrow with a compelling urge to build a den under your desk.

    Mother Voyage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 17:28


    A tired old sailing ship feels outdated and longs for rest and retirement as she sets off from the port. Her wish is unexpectedly granted but it is a new chapter of life.

    The Cicada Laundrette

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 26:58


    Night time is the time to visit the Cicada Laundrette and meet all kinds of critter characters. Enter the twilight world of washing machines and soap suds under the watchful eye of Mr. Aardvark.

    Decorations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 30:50


    A heartwarming magical story for the Holidays in the tradition of well-loved Yuletide tales.

    The Copse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 34:29


    For all the gatherers of feathers and stones and the friends of nature, a tale of healing and connection with the soul of the woodland.

    The Cadillac in the Pond

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 39:27


    What if ... someone woke up one morning to find a Cadillac in their duck pond? You need wonder no more ...

    The Boat Going Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 38:17


    Here's another sleeptime story that came from a dream. In it you will meet a special friend that I was privileged to have for a while, as well as accompanying me on a strange and wonderful journey along with another friend, somewhat mysterious.

    Flea

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 29:18


    An artist executes an act of subversion one hot afternoon while nobody is paying very much attention.

    The Guestbook

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 51:50


    A friendship is nurtured through a series of entries in 'The Guestbook'. Then, one day, the friends meet each other and things take a magical turn.

    The Spudfellow

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 48:16


    The humble potato has the power to bring so much joy.

    The Artisan, The Abbot and the Architect

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 31:22


    Three men meet one evening and not entirely by chance ... the story unfolds. Above them is the monastery and below them is the forest, each with their peculiar forces.

    Monday Mechanical CLub

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 27:20


    This is a story about a stenography machine, and an unusual group of people who meet in a basement .... http://www.bordersofsleep.com

    To Catch a Skerrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 21:23


    Magic runs in the family, so when cousin Rupert comes to spend the summer with Damson and her mother, there are magic tricks, a little transdimensional tomfoolery, and, of course, poetic justice. 

    The Frog and Banjo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 33:06


    Neither the frog or the banjo are quite what you might think at first - a mystical pair who surprised everyone and taught a few lessons.

    Sketching and Painting

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 20:12


    This is a story about an artist called Anna and a surprising discovery she makes in the autumnal woods. 

    Brother Savion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 22:18


    One day in September, 40 years of the companionship of a forest brings a hermit to the culmination of his life cycle.

    The Librarian

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 22:29


    "You know, all this talk we are talking? It's like the sunshine and the rain. It's present or not, but when it is present it soaks and warms and disappears. Nevertheless, the nourishing effect of it lasts and shows continually."

    Chippie and Angus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 13:23


    It's a story about a quiet girl, and I don't want to give too much away ...

    Lady Isabella

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 16:07


    A story about an unlikely friendship that occurs on an expedition to gather chamomile.

    Horseless Carriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 23:01


    Just a rather nice little trip down memory lane in later life, wherein we discover that the peacock is a magical bird ... perhaps.

    Rehoming

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 26:24


    In which some fascinating things are discovered about the secret lives of plants and other living things.

    Water Cure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2018 8:42


    Inspired by a piece of music by Paul Morris (https://soundcloud.com/paul-morris-music-for-film) this story tells of a strange visit to an unusual shrink. 

    Mortal Uncoil

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 11:28


    The strange last journey of an old man from this life.

    Poor Butterfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2018 10:48


    Two girls get away from it all in a borrowed Studebaker, and get diverted on their way to the coast.

    My Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015 15:12


    Episode 36 ... a little bit of autobiography: part of the story of the inception of 'Stories from the Borders of Sleep'.

    The Night of the Nipperquins

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2015 21:49


    Writting for the wedding of a friend, this story recounts the strangest wedding night of all time.

    Hitting it Out of the Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 13:28


    An episode dedicated to corporate daydreamers, opponents and proponents of boardroom bluster, meeting doodlers and anyone who has ever had to circle the waggons, eat their own dogfood or deploy blue-sky thinking - this is for you.

    Thrice Buried

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2015 31:44


    As in the King, so in the Kingdom. But how terrible, then, for the Kingdom if the King has lost the will to live...

    Kalakut's Gift

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2014 21:15


    This is a story about a little girl and a volcano and it's also about a grandfather and a fish, and a village and a rock ... and many other things if you listen carefully.

    The Jellyfarglemarsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2013 13:03


    Here we are, back after a long hiatus, kicking off a new season of fortnightly podcasts with episode 31 - a tale containing a lot of made-up words ...

    Cantatur in Taberna

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2012 21:38


    A cautionary tale about drinking in strange taverns.

    Returning Student

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012 17:33


    Can there be learning without books? Can there be as much to ponder in a day of walking as in a term of studying? A student is forced to face these questions on his way home for the summer.

    The Other Side of the Hedge by E.M. Forster

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2012 17:02


    Occasionally on this podcast, we feature the work of another author from the public domain. This week we have a short story by the marvellous E.M Forster. Writing in the first half of the twentieth century, his romantic soul was troubled by the march of "so called" progress and his voice is still prophetic in our own times. Enjoy!

    Iron and Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2012 23:23


    A woodcutter, a sailor, a lace maker, and a mysterious old woman ... sounds like a fairytale to me.  

    Michigan Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2012 8:10


    It's December 1939, a hard winter in Harlem and pianist Jelly Roll Morton is plotting his return to fame. Tragically, in just over a year he would be dead.

    The Wisdom of Things Found

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2012 14:47


    If you listen to anything, animal, vegetable or mineral, in time it will disclose some secret wisdom to you that you are obligated to share with others. Here is a story about a man who knew all that he knew because of what the sea brought to him.

    Fighting Lions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2012 9:42


    Welcome to "Stories from the Borders of Sleep" Episode 24. Rome ... Romantic? Oppressive? You decide, but just be aware that strange things might happen if you are at a loose end in the vicinity of the Colisseum.

    The Ferryman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2012 22:49


    Turpin Whittington has a few problems: an unusual name, complete deafness in his left ear and an uncontrollable tendency to get lost in fairy-land but somehow he makes good.

    The Unhappy Body by Lord Dunsany

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2012 10:18


    Every once in a while, we have decided to unearth a short story from the public domain and to give it the "Borders of Sleep" treatment. Here's a curious tale originally published in 1910 by Lord Dunsany in a collection entitled A Dreamer's Tales. Enjoy!

    Moving in Mysterious Ways

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2011 16:37


    What lies beyond the chess board? A few chess pieces get to find out ...

    Bear Bridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2011 19:17


    A tale in which a baker gets the better of some savage bears with the help of a mysterious miller.

    Subterranean

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2011 24:19


    Stitched together from ideas that occurred to me while out walking the dog, my ponderings on the nature of fear, a dream from a long time ago, and a more recent journey in my own soul - it kind of emerged over the course of the last week. Is there something in you that needs to be unblocked?

    The Seven Legged Spider

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2011 13:54


    This story does not do what it says on the tin. Not to give too much away, but: It is based on a folk tale that is still told in many variations across the world. I remember hearing it as a child. usually the "take home message" is something to do with collaborating and contributing to a greater effort, but here's my take on it ...

    Wild Blue Yonder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2011 11:40


    Here is a deep dive into the ocean and beyond, to carry you far away in your imagination, to dream within dreams, or just to help you get to sleep ... enjoy!

    Beth and the Emerantil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2011 31:30


    A story of a young girl who intends to become a princess by marrying a prince one day, yet in a single night she meets a strange shadow and an even stranger creature who shows her things no princess has ever seen.

    Tolly-pep-me

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2011 7:49


    A fragment of autobiographical memory, introducing one of the many creatures that inhabited my childhood. 

    A Tale of TwoPots

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2011 8:42


    Another folk tale adapted for "Stories from the Borders of Sleep" by Seymour Jacklin. If you are enjoying these stories please rate them on iTunes or leave some feedback on the website: http://www.bordersofsleep.com

    Between Two Tides

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2011 33:37


    Here is another story that is a retelling of a vivid and lengthy dream I had many years ago. A stranger is washed up on a beach, barely alive. Years later he tries to recover his memories of a very different time and place and the people he lived with before - a people whose entire civilisation rose and fell in a single life-time or even ... between two tides.

    Clown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2011 8:35


    This is a story about ... a clown, that's about all I can say without giving the game away!

    Balthazar's Chandelier

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2011 12:34


    Welcome to episode 11 of Stories from the Borders of Sleep, which tells of an extraordinary day in the life of a humble servant who was trying his best to keep a low profile ... This is one of many stories that I have heard or read in a forgotten time and place that has, nevertheless, stuck in my mind enough to be given the "borders of sleep" treatment. I hope that it stays with you as long as it has stayed with me.

    Swee-swee and the Cobbler

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2011 11:09


    I adapted this story from one that appears in the writings of Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Christian pastor who was imprisoned by the communists for his faith. He spent some 14 years in prison, much of it in solitary confinement and enduring torture on a daily basis. He was beaten so badly he was never able to wear shoes again. In spite of this he has written some of the most profound and powerful stories and sermons I have ever read. He was a master of the parable and this one, about a caged bird, is just one of the many that came to mean a great deal more to him, no doubt, as he lay in his cell. The sound-track is from David Modica's album "The Waters Wide" - available from magnatune.com

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