Stories from the Borders of Sleep

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 ...

13 Jul 201313min

A cautionary tale about drinking in strange taverns.

18 Aug 201221min

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.

30 Jul 201217min

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 ce...

19 Jul 201217min

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

22 Apr 201223min

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.

5 Mar 20128min

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 h...

20 Feb 201214min

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 th...

6 Feb 20129min