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Stories from the Borders of Sleep

A semi-regular podcast since March 2011, featuring original stories, fantastic fables and curious tales written and read by your host, Seymour Jacklin. Some are short and some are long, but they aim to take the listener on an imaginative and thought-provoking journey. Aimed at adults but very suitable for children, too.

Aug 18, 2012

A cautionary tale about drinking in strange taverns.


Jul 30, 2012

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.


Jul 19, 2012

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...


Apr 22, 2012

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


Mar 5, 2012

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.