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

The Fisherman's Shack

Seymour Jacklin

Writer | Narrator

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)

A tired old sailing ship feels outdated and longs for rest and retirement as she sets off from port.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.

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)

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.

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)

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.