Show Notes
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!
More from Stories from the Borders of Sleep
Two of the most famous and least knowable figures in all of music and literature are living quietly in a big white house in the English countryside. Their neighbour is about to have a very interesting summer.
Much to the consternation of passengers and crew, a mysterious woman is found aboard a ship, and soon nothing is quite as it seems and nobody will be the same again.
A tale of the agonies of unrequited love, and of dancing a path through sadness. Trigger warning: alcohol.
What has an ancient yew tree to do when she captures a wanderlust from two passing travellers? Of course, she must go a-roving too, and find her own adventures!
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.