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!
Jan. 8, 2023

#250 - Geirlaug The King's Daughter

A sleepy German fairy tale about a good princess and an evil queen.
Jan. 1, 2023

#248 - Toinette and the Elves

A sleepy holiday story about a young girl who learns a lesson on kindness from some magical elves.
Dec. 25, 2022

#246 - Old Father Christmas

A sleepy Christmas classic about the origins of the Christmas tree.
Dec. 18, 2022

#244 - The Little Elder-Tree Mother

A classic story about how fairy tales grow out of reality, and how reality grows out of fairy tales.
Dec. 11, 2022

#242 - King Thrushbeard

A classic fairy tale about a proud princess who learns the importance of humility.
Nov. 13, 2022

#234 - The Twelve Princesses and the Wizard King

A sleepy African fairy tale where a prince sets out on a hero's journey to rescue his true love.
Nov. 6, 2022

#232 - The Old Hay

A sleepy 19th century Icelandic story about a village coming together to make it through a hard winter.
Oct. 30, 2022

#230 - The Whale and the Grasshopper

A sleepy but witty Irish story from 1916.
Oct. 23, 2022

#228 - The Story of the Opal

A sleepy fairy tale about the origin one of October's birthstones.
Oct. 16, 2022

#226 - Balder and the Mistletoe

A sleepy Norse myth where Loki goes too far and the fall of Asgard begins.
Oct. 9, 2022

#224 - The Four Gifts

A sleepy fairy tale about being careful what you wish for.
Sept. 25, 2022

#220 - The Moon's Garden Party

A long, sleepy poem from a book of Australian fairy tales.
Sept. 18, 2022

#218 - In The Giant's House

A sleepy Norse myth where Loki gets in trouble and Thor gets to battle a giant.
Sept. 11, 2022

#216 - The Bookkeeper's Wife

A sleepy slice-of-life tale by Willa Cather about a mismatched couple in early 20th-century New York City.
Sept. 4, 2022

#214 - Poltarnees - Beholder of Ocean

A sleepy tale about three mythical land-locked kingdoms beset by the lure of the the sea.
Aug. 28, 2022

#212 - Farmer Weathersky

A sleepy Norse fairy tale about the hero's journey, where life's trials and tribulations lead to both inner and outer transformation.
Aug. 21, 2022

#210 - Possessing Prudence

A sweet, sleepy tale from the early 1900s about a curious young girl with a very healthy imagination.
Aug. 14, 2022

#208 - The Glass Dog

A sleepy American fairy tale about a wizard, a glass dog, and a glass blower who gets exactly what he asks for but not what he wants.
July 31, 2022

#204 - The Enchanted Bluff

A sleepy short story by Willa Cather about coming of age in the American Midwest in the early 1900s.
July 24, 2022

#202 - Thor's Duel

A sleepy Viking tale where Thor duels with a giant.
July 17, 2022

#200 - The Gold-Bearded Man

A sleepy fairy tale about the importance of meeting life’s challenges with compassion and an open heart.
July 10, 2022

#198 - The Prince and the Dragon

A sleepy a fairy tale about a young prince who saves his brothers by outsmarting a wily dragon.
July 3, 2022

#196 - Heart of Youth

A sleepy story about a young boy who leaves behind the dreams of boyhood as he awakens to the responsibilities of being an adult.
June 19, 2022

#192 - The Story of Caliph Stork

A sleepy Middle Eastern fairy tale in which the ruler of Baghdad is tricked by an evil magician.