Sleepbound

A short introduction to Sleepbound: bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups, read slowly enough to fall asleep to. The full catalogue is at https://sleepbound.net, and part one is free on a selection of our series. Join on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Dr. Clara Lennox has spent eight years cataloguing the spectres of the British Isles. Tonight, she steps off a ferry onto the Isle of Arra with a mummified manuscript, an academic rival she's been avoiding, and a ginger cat who has hated this expedition since Oban. The islanders don't speak of the Grey Walkers. One just did. Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Beverages, History, Light Peril, Travel, Weather. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Alex

The Princess Bride – Part 1 Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we meet Buttercup — not yet the most beautiful woman in the world, not yet in love, just a girl on a horse named Horse, with a farm boy who answers every command with three quiet words. This is where it all begins: the hills of Florin, the farm, a boy in a hovel who reads by candlelight. Part 1 opens gently — a comic history of beauty, a girl who couldn't care less, and a phrase repeated so often it begins to mean something else. A threshold reading, perfect for settling in. This is a slow, wry fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just golden farmland, a patient boy, and three words that carry the whole story. Thanks for being here with us tonight. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love a story that knows exactly what it is — a fairy tale told with warmth and a wink You want something slow enough to actually let go Old kingdoms, dry wit, and a boy who says "As you wish" is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the quiet of the Florin farmlands do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food and sweets, Animals, Illness, Romance, Mild violence.

The Princess and the Pea Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts He would lie in the dark and feel the whole of the bed beneath him, every crease and crumb and unevenness of it. Tonight, we settle into a small, rain-soaked kingdom with Rasmus — a prince who feels every crease in the linen, every draught from a half-open door, the whole quiet weight of the sleeping castle while the world sleeps on.A slow, warm bedtime retelling of a beloved fairy tale — wide enough to actually let go in. A king who answers his own gate. A mother who sees everything. A prince waiting, quietly, for someone who feels the world the way he does.This is a slow, fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just rain on old stone, a candle at the window, one small kingdom holding its breath.Thanks for listening with us tonight. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This story is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love slow, expanded fairy tales with room to breathe You want something unhurried enough to actually let go Candlelit kingdoms and quiet rainy nights are your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the rain on old stone do the rest. Includes mentions of: Weather, Animals, Mention of Loss.

Hansel and Gretel A Sleepbound Bedtime Retelling Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we step back to the edge of the great forest — Hansel with the wooden wren in his pocket, Gretel watching for the white bird among the bean-rows, and their father humming a slow going-down tune into the dark after them. The hunger hasn't come yet. The good years are still going by, quiet as a stream. This is a slow, fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No urgency. Just the woodcutter's fire, the sound of cold water over mossy stone, and two children who know the wood the way other children know the rooms of a house. We've taken the old story and breathed more room into it — room for summer afternoons by the spring, for a little birch-bark boat, for the warmth of a remembered voice. It's a bedtime telling: unhurried, close, and made for the hour when the world shrinks to the small gold reach of the firelight. Settle in. There's no rush to what comes next. Thanks for making space for stories like this one. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This story is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love fairy tales told slowly, with room to breathe You want something gentle enough to actually let go Cottages at the forest's edge and firelit evenings are your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the going-down tune do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food, Loss, Animals, Fire, Weather, Forest, Children.

Clouds of Witness – Part 1 By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Lord Peter Wimsey is lying in a silk bathrobe at the Hôtel Meurice — café au lait barely set down, a Corsican holiday behind him — when Bunter folds The Times to the headline: Duke of Denver Arrested on Murder Charge. A fine place to begin. This is Sayers's second Wimsey novel, and Part 1 opens in 1920s England — shooting-lodges, a body found outside the conservatory at Riddlesdale Lodge, and a ducal family in the dock. Wimsey's dry wit arrives from the first page; so does Bunter, already repacking the bags. This is a slow, 1920s detective reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just a Paris hotel, a folded newspaper, and terrible news with the coffee. Thanks for listening with us tonight. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love golden-age detective fiction — or the Wimsey novels in particular You want something slow enough to actually let go 1920s England, aristocratic houses, and very dry wit is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the autumn morning at the Hôtel Meurice do the rest. Includes mentions of: Murder, Court inquest, Illness, Travel.

The Honey Year – Part 1 By Iola Marsh Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts "She was the sort of woman whose cooking carried." Tonight, Effie is standing in the emptied school kitchen with a ring of brass keys warm in her palm — rosemary still caught in the limewash, the tap still dripping behind her. A letter from Athens, two keys on a piece of folded twine, and somewhere on the island of Anemos: a cottage that has been waiting. Part 1 travels from London to Anemos — a solicitor's letter, Mrs Whitlock's counsel over seed cake on Lamb's Conduit Street, and at last the cottage itself: fig tree, beeswax, pale green morning light through the open shutters. A slow, tender opening to a quiet, character-led story. This is a slow, island-set English reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No drama. Just brass keys, a cleared kitchen, and the first morning in a cottage on Anemos. Thanks for being here with us. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex Your copy The Honey Year is available to buy on Amazon — find it here. As an Early Access member, your copy is attached to this post — no purchase needed. 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love quiet, character-led stories set on sun-warmed Greek islands You want something slow enough to actually let go Early-twentieth-century English fiction with an unhurried mystery at its heart is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the smell of orange peel and beeswax in a cottage on Anemos do the rest. Includes mentions of: Bereavement, Travel, Food and Drink, Baking, Tea, Animals, History.

Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 2 By Hugo Ashcombe Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts "If we appear to be trying, we have already failed." Welcome back, and thank you for being here tonight. Episode 2 settles into Brook Street on a May morning in 1860, as Lady Pembury wages a six-hour campaign to make the drawing room look as though it has never been arranged. The damp patch disappears behind a Chinese screen. Sir Marcus wanders in — magnificently unhelpful — and is handed a strict list of subjects he must on no account raise. Then Patrick arrives five minutes early with narcissi from a street barrow and no vase to put them in, and the Pembury household is quietly, tenderly laid bare: the hired furniture, the mismatched teacups, the landlady's stolen sherry. Warm, a little heartbreaking, and perfectly suited to the last quiet hour of the day. Episode 3 brings the visit itself — and everything Sir Marcus cannot quite help saying. Settle in. As a Patreon supporter, this episode is yours to download and keep — thank you, always, for making this channel possible. Downton Abbey: The Young Countess is an original fan fiction work, independently produced and not affiliated with or endorsed by Carnival Films, ITV, or the official Downton Abbey franchise. If tonight's story leaves you wanting more of this world, our sister channel Sleepbound Nights carries a sequel series set in the world of Downton — well worth a quiet evening. Patreon · YouTube · Website Includes mentions of: Beverages, Food, Mention of Debt, Romance.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Sopli clings to the mast, terrified of the water, as Lookfar sails west under a veiled sun. Day after day Arren's trust in the Archmage thins, and he finds himself siding quietly with Sopli. Then a line of sea-geese leads them to the crescent bay of Obehol. Includes mentions of: Death (drowning), Spear wound, Blood, Despair, Peril at sea.

Whose Body? — The Complete Audiobook By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Hello, dear supporters — thank you so much for being here. Tonight's reading is a real treat: the complete, unabridged audiobook of Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers, all thirteen chapters in one long, cosy listen. This is the mystery that introduced the world to the wonderfully witty Lord Peter Wimsey — a nobleman with a monocle, a quick mind, and an irresistible fondness for puzzles. When a naked stranger turns up in a Battersea bathtub, and a prominent financier vanishes from his London townhouse on the very same night, Peter can't help but get involved. What follows is a deliciously clever tale of imposture, deduction, and a villain hiding in plain sight — all unfolding at a pace perfectly suited to a quiet evening under the covers. We hope it carries you gently off to sleep. Settle in, get comfortable, and let tonight's mystery do the rest. Thank you, truly, for making this possible. 🤍 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sleepbound 🌙 More audiobooks: https://sleepbound.net/ 💛 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts On midsummer's eve the raft-folk dance by torchlight to the beat of bare feet, with no drum or flute, until every chanter forgets the songs at once. Ged turns to Arren and tells him to sing. At first light a golden dragon comes down over the rafts, and Lookfar races north. Back on Roke, two Masters look into a crystal. Includes mentions of: Dragons, Magic, Burnt land, Illness, Music.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Ged and Arren cross the wall of stones into the Dry Land, where the stars do not move. They walk down through dark, silent streets and find a friend from Roke lost at a crossroads. By a river that holds no water, a voice speaks to them out of the dark. Includes mentions of: Death and afterlife, Violence, Strangling, Exhaustion, Darkness.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Parched and drifting, Arren wakes to find three slight, heron-like strangers in the boat, pouring water into his mouth. They are the raft-folk, a whole town of rafts afloat on the open sea, with a temple whose doorposts are carved as grey whales. While Ged's shoulder heals, Arren swims and works with the young people of Star's raft, and at last tells Ged about the drifting days after Obehol. Includes mentions of: Dehydration, Injury recovery, Death (discussed), Ocean, Swimming, Community.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Lookfar comes ashore on Selidor, the westernmost island of all: empty dunes, reed-choked lagoons, not a bird in the sky. Arren buckles on his sword and keeps watch while Ged sleeps in a sandy hollow, with Orm Embar beside them. A stranger appears on the dune, and that night they are surrounded by a silent multitude. Includes mentions of: Death (a dragon), The dead, Violence, Peril, Grief.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Lookfar reaches the Dragons' Run, and dragons fly at the boat so low that their breath singes both men's hair. They thread a maze of rocks shaped like towers and beasts, pass a sea-cave whose sound is a word, and beyond the basalt Keep of Kalessin, Orm Embar greets Arren by name. Includes mentions of: Dragons, Animal death, Mention of a child's death, Violence (reported), Longing for home.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts On Lorbanery, the Isle of Silk, the looms stand dusty and the famous blue dyes have turned false. Arren plays a three-stringed lute and sings of Serriadh, and at night bats flit through the inn's rafters. Next morning a grey-haired dyer named Akaren curses them, and before they leave, her red-haired son Sopli asks to sail west with them. Includes mentions of: Mental illness, Grief, Knife threat, Rain, Bats, Music.

Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 1 By Hugo Ashcombe Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Welcome, dear listeners — and a warm welcome to those settling in with Sleepbound for the very first time tonight.We begin something new this evening: an original fan fiction audiobook set in the world of Downton Abbey, following seventeen-year-old Violet Pembury through her second London Season. Clever and quietly aware of every penny her family doesn't have, Violet surveys the marriage market at Lady Whitmore's glittering ball — until a quiet viscount with steady brown eyes and working hands catches her attention rather more than she'd planned.This is an original fan fiction work — not affiliated with the official Downton Abbey franchise — written and produced with deep affection for that world.As a Patreon supporter, the complete audiobook is yours to download and keep. Thank you, truly, for being here. Beauty, wit, blood — and no money. The mathematics of the Season were brutal, and Violet had learned them early. Follow the channel and leave a like if you're enjoying the story — it makes a real difference. If you love the world of Downton, our sister channel Sleepbound Nights carries an original sequel series set after the show — well worth a listen. Next episode, Violet finds herself seated beside Lord Downton at supper, and the conversation takes a turn neither of them quite anticipated.Sleep well tonight. Includes mentions of: Beverages, Gaslit settings, Romance, Financial pressures, Period social customs.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Lookfar sails on south into warm water where fish fly above the waves. Arren swims, Ged sings a goatherd's nonsense song, and a silver-blue sea bass comes up on the line. At dusk Arren sings Elfarran's lament, a yellow star named Gobardon rises over the sea, and Ged begins the story of a white-haired sorcerer of Havnor who summoned the dead for money. Includes mentions of: Ocean, Swimming, Nightmares, Death (discussed), Summoning the dead, Stars.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Arren comes to on a dusty floor to find robbers looting the room, and runs for it with their bag of gold. He wakes chained in the hold of a slave galley, thirsty and aching, beside a man with no tongue. Then fog settles over the Southing Straits, the drum falls silent, and a cold light begins to glow on the deck. Includes mentions of: Kidnapping, Slavery, Violence, Thirst, Peril at sea, Magic.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Before dawn Arren and the Archmage slip away from Roke in the little boat Lookfar, travelling as Hawk the trader and his nephew. Three nights later they reach Hort Town, all awnings and peddlers, with hazia-eaters lying in the market. A woman in a headdress of mirrors points them to Hare, a one-handed man who was once a wizard, and he asks them back after dark, when Arren must keep guard at the door. Includes mentions of: Drug use, Slavery, Poverty, Crowd violence, Peril, Magic.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, the young prince Arren waits at the School on Roke while the Masters meet in council, their Grove lit up in the dusk like moonlight. Over a plain breakfast of bread and cheese the Archmage makes his choice: he will leave Roke, and he will take Arren with him. Before sailing, Arren writes home, buys a silver brooch shaped like a wild rose for his mother, and feels the weight of the old sword of Serriadh. Includes mentions of: Magic, Prophecy, Mild tension, Family, Food, Travel.

The Farthest Shore — Part 1 By Ursula K. Le Guin Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts --- Welcome back, dear listeners — and a warm welcome to those joining us for the very first time. 🌙 Tonight, we begin something quietly extraordinary. In the sunlit fountain-court of Roke, where young ash and elm leaves tremble in the March light, we meet two souls whose fates are about to be woven together: Ged, the Archmage — hawk-faced, fierce-eyed, gentle in voice — and Arren, a young prince of ancient bloodline who has sailed far with heavy news. Magic, it seems, is quietly dying across the islands of Earthsea. And something deeper than anyone yet understands is the cause. It's a beginning steeped in stillness and shadow — perfect for tonight's reading. Settle in, let the fountain's soft music carry you, and let this world unfold around you slowly. This is Chapter 1 of 13. Our journey has only just begun. 🌊 Thank you so much for your support — it means everything. Sweet dreams, and we'll see you in Part 2. 🎧 Full audiobook: sleepbound.net 📺 YouTube: youtube.com/@sleepbound ❤️ Support us: patreon.com/cw/SleepBound

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we enter a vast, cold hall where a child of six is brought before an empty throne — and given away. She arrived with a name. She will not leave with one. This is where The Tombs of Atuan begins — and the darkness it opens into is absolute. Includes mentions of: Religious traditions, Ritual ceremony, Captivity, Starvation, Mild violence, Underground spaces, Mention of death. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Picture a castle that never stays still — smoke trailing from its towers as it picks its way through a frozen kingdom at the edge of winter. Howl's Moving Castle: The Winter King is a complete five-chapter audiobook: a wizard, a curse, and a king whose cold is the kind that gets inside. Includes mentions of: Curses, Light Peril, Romance, Weather, Travel, Magic. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we follow a kindly woodcutter and his wife on the night a blizzard sweeps them off a forest road and into something far older than winter itself. This is the story of how Santa Claus came to be — told complete and unabridged, from the very first snowfall to the very last gift delivered under the glow of Christmas morning. Includes mentions of: Weather, Animals, Light peril, Food, Travel, Magic. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we begin The House at 3:47 — a five-night story. Margot Chen has just inherited a sprawling old house on Bellweather Lane. On her first night inside, walking its silent rooms, she starts to sense that the house doesn't quite exist in one moment at a time. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, a Halloween special — the full story of Sleepy Hollow. We follow Ichabod Crane, the angular schoolmaster with an eye for Katrina Van Tassel and an ear for ghost stories, through a Dutch valley where the mist sits low and the Horseman rides after dark. Includes mentions of: History, Romance, Food, Animals, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Picture Tarry Town at dusk — a drowsy Hudson Valley village where the lanes are quiet and the old legend still rides the roads after nightfall. Tonight, we begin a gentle contemporary retelling of Sleepy Hollow: the hollow, its haunting, and the night Ichabod Crane takes the wrong road home. Includes mentions of: Food, Animals, Romance, History, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, the castle walks through autumn twilight toward the Witch of the Waste's Halloween Masquerade. Sophie has a costume she didn't choose. Howl has an invitation he was never meant to accept. All nine chapters, unabridged — a full night of quiet magic and candlelight. Includes mentions of: Magic, Costumes, Light Peril, Romance, Autumn Settings, Enchantments, Candlelight. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Where we left off, Market Chipping was still faintly purple. Tonight, Sophie finds a letter tucked inside a moonbeam orchid — from a wizard dead for three hundred years. The warning it carries is urgent: the Sleeper is only half of what it was meant to be, and All Hallows' Eve is three weeks away. Includes mentions of: Food, Animals, Light Peril, History, Time Magic. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts The castle has gone purple — aggressively so — when Tuesday's visitor arrives. A silver-haired time witch steps through the door from next week, carrying a warning: something has been sleeping under Market Chipping's old ruins for three centuries, and the All Hallows' Eve magic was its alarm clock. The Witch of the Waste is still coming for dinner. Includes mentions of: Food, Beverages, Fire, Light peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts A spinning wheel appears at the heart of the masquerade, every guest's name written in glowing script. The Witch of the Waste calls it Truth or Transformation — and no one is getting out of it. Tonight, Howl ends up a very golden, very offended sheep, and Sophie has to say out loud what she fears most. Includes mentions of: Magical Transformation, Animals, Light Peril, Romance, Fire. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Sophie Pendragon's Thursday morning was perfectly ordinary — which, inside a walking castle with a talking fire, is always a warning sign. A black envelope sealed in orange wax arrives at her flower shop, demanding her presence at the Witch of the Waste's All Hallows' Eve masquerade. Costumes mandatory. Curses optional. Includes mentions of: Light Peril, Animals, Food. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts In 1967, Ursula K. Le Guin was asked to write a fantasy novel for young adults. She started with one question: what was Gandalf or Merlin like before he was wise? Tonight, the complete audiobook of A Wizard of Earthsea — ten chapters following a copper-skinned boy named Ged from a windswept island to the edge of the open sea. Includes mentions of: Bodies of Water, Travel, Weather, Animals, Mild Peril, Mention of Loss. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Out on the Gontish Sea in winter, the pursuit finally turns. Ged repairs a leaking boat with quiet spellwork, weaves a sail from wind and magic, and sails into the cold drizzle to find the shadow himself — calling its name aloud across the grey water. When it comes, it runs. Includes mentions of: Bodies of Water, Winter Weather, Light Peril, Travel, Food. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Ged wakes in a tower he doesn't remember reaching — silk and stone, a crimson canopy overhead, and the beautiful Lady Serret standing in the doorway. She says he is safe. But the Court of the Terrenon never quite warms, and tonight she offers to show him the jewel the keep is named for. Includes mentions of: Injury, Loss of a companion, Light enchantment, Light peril, Winter cold. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Ged comes home from the dragons of Pendor to a welcome he can barely accept. Something darker than dragons is waiting — in a dying child's fever, in a storm that refuses to let him reach Roke, in the sleepless hours before dawn when every road seems to lead the same wrong way. Includes mentions of: Illness, Death of a Child, Grief, Supernatural Peril, Open Water, Weather. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we're at Roke for the Long Dance — two nights of drumbeat and torchlight, and Ged laughing freely with his fellows for once. Then Jasper says something sharp, and Ged says something sharper back. Includes mentions of: Festival, Food, Beverages, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Ged arrives at Roke Island and the School for Wizards. To pass through its ivory door, he must speak his true name aloud — an act that feels, in this place, like an exposure. Inside waits the ancient Archmage Nemmerle, and then Jasper: noble-born, impeccably courteous, and quietly certain of his own superiority. Includes mentions of: Magic, True names, Social hierarchy, Mild tension, Travel, Ocean. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts We begin tonight on Gont — a single mountain island rising from the storm-dark Northeast Sea, in a world where magic lives in the true names of things. A boy called Duny is herding goats on a high meadow when he shouts words he barely understands. The goats obey. And everything begins. Includes mentions of: Mention of Loss, Animals, Weather, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we arrive in Anatevka — a small Jewish village tucked into the Russian countryside, where the milk cart creaks along the road every morning and Tevye the dairyman negotiates with God between deliveries. His five daughters have other plans for their lives, and tradition is about to be tested. All eight chapters, unabridged. Includes mentions of: Historical setting, Religious traditions, Family conflict, Romance, Mention of persecution, Displacement. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts The carts are loaded. The doors left open. Tonight, the village of Anatevka walks away from everything it has ever known — Tevye carrying what remains of his family and his faith into an uncertain road. Includes mentions of: Mention of loss, Religious traditions, Travel, History. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Where we left off, Chava had gone — and the silence she left behind has settled over the house like weather. Tonight, the family in Anatevka tries to find its footing, while rumours of something darker begin drifting in from beyond the village. Includes mentions of: Family estrangement, Mention of loss, Community unrest, Displacement. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Tevye watches from beneath an oak tree as Chava, his gentlest daughter, makes the choice that breaks his heart. She has fallen in love with someone outside their world. He cannot follow her — and he cannot call her back. Includes mentions of: Religious traditions, Romance, Family separation, Mention of loss. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Where we left off, the wedding music was still in the air. Tonight, Hodel meets Perchik — a young teacher from Kiev carrying restless ideas about justice and change. Something in her is quietly drawn to him, and Anatevka will feel different by morning. Includes mentions of: Romance, Travel, History, Social Unrest. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Tevye goes to bed with a problem and wakes up with a plan. We watch him conjure a dream — dead grandmothers, wandering spirits, the whole shivering procession — to convince his wife Golde that Tzeitl must marry Motel, not Lazar Wolf. Includes mentions of: Ancestral spirits, Arranged marriage, Family conflict, Mention of death, Traditional customs. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Tzeitl has a secret she can't keep much longer — she's in love with Motel the village tailor, while her father has already shaken hands on a very different arrangement. Tevye must find a way to hold his world together without breaking his daughter's heart. Includes mentions of: Romance, Religious traditions, Family tradition. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we arrive in Anatevka — a small village in Tsarist Russia where tradition is the only rope worth holding. We meet Tevye the milkman: five daughters, a stubborn horse, and a head full of conversations with God. Above it all, a fiddler plays. Includes mentions of: Religious traditions, Animals, Family, Romance. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Picture a carpet booth in the bazaar at Zanzib, where a young merchant named Abdullah sells rugs by day and daydreams about being a lost prince by night. Tonight, a stranger arrives with a dingy rolled carpet — and an air of someone who knows exactly what it's worth. Includes mentions of: Food, Animals, Family. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Robin of Locksley has crossed deserts and seas to come home — only to find his father murdered and Nottingham under a tyrant's heel. Tonight, the complete story: from a Saracen dungeon to Sherwood Forest, from prisoner to Prince of Thieves. Includes mentions of: Mild Violence, Mention of Loss, Light Peril, Travel, History, Animals, Beverages. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian