Counterpane chronicles & bedtime butterflies lead you gently into the friendly forest of dream world

These are original stories and creative re-tellings composed and voiced by Seymour Jacklin. Whimsical, enchanted, relatable yet other-worldly, they are intended to unlock your imagination and invite your dreaming mind to take a healing journey.

Stories are magic spells, whether on a page or spoken, every word in its place and doing its work to transmute us at the deepest level through the power of our imaginations.

Home Across the Fields

Mother Voyage

The Gift

Admiring the View

A Fisherman's Shack in Maine

Seymour Jacklin

Writer | Narrator

AFGHANISTAN

ALAND ISLANDS

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

AMERICAN SAMOA

ANDORRA

ANGOLA

ANGUILLA

ANTARCTICA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA

ARUBA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BENIN

BERMUDA

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA

BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BOUVET ISLAND

BRAZIL

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CANADA

CAPE VERDE

CAYMAN ISLANDS

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHILE

CHINA

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

COLOMBIA

COMOROS

CONGO

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

COOK ISLANDS

COSTA RICA

COTE D'IVOIRE

CROATIA

CUBA

CURACAO

CYPRUS

CZECHIA

DENMARK

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ESTONIA

ETHIOPIA

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

FAROE ISLANDS

FIJI

FINLAND

FRANCE

FRENCH GUIANA

FRENCH POLYNESIA

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GHANA

GIBRALTAR

GREECE

GREENLAND

GRENADA

GUADELOUPE

GUAM

GUATEMALA

GUERNSEY

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)

HONDURAS

HONG KONG

A relaxing story about the atmosphere and characters who appear through the day in a little sun-drenched street café. Soak up the sights and sounds and even the tastes.

A Day in the Life of a Bistro

This is a tale of the quiet resilience of nature, with a little magic thrown.

Seed, Sap, and Soil

At the end of a day that is far too much like the one before, and the one before that, Melanie comes home to a surprise that begins to change her life. This is a story that encourages you to dream.

An elderly man becomes fascinated by a place he's never been, in a picture on a postcard, and dreams himself a new life.

(Photo by Charles Young on Unsplash)

After everyone else has gone home, the barman locks up and decides to walk home across the fields in the moonlight, relishing every step that brings him closer to his cozy bed.

A tired old sailing ship feels outdated and longs for rest and retirement as she sets off from port. Her wish is unexpectedly granted but it is a new chapter of life.

The Pikhtoon people live in a long exile, driven and estranged from their homeland. But their destiny is woven with a magical plant, the nahk-un-asl, and the curiosity of a girl who will not let the myths lie unresolved.

The Footprint of The Benevolent

A chef and a painter are walking along a coastal clifftop, immersing us in their descriptions of the scenery below in their own special way.

(Photo by Julia Solonina on Unsplash)