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A bedtime story for adults that soothes the mind and a sleep story for adults that invites you to rest in rhythm with a slower world. On a quiet cobbled street, above a glowing bakehouse, a small window opens to the scent of fresh bread and the first light of dawn. Inside the flat above the bakery, the day unfolds without urgency. A kettle sighs. Curtains drift. Light moves slowly across a worn tablecloth. Nothing needs to happen. And yet, everything feels alive. The Window Above the Bakery is a gentle, literary sleep story for adults.

Nearly 40 years after its beginnings, Pagans and magicians are still asking the question, or finding conflicting information online. Jaq D Hawkins was the first chaos magician to write of the history and elements of chaos magic for a widespread audience. Now, in this new volume, that history is expanded and the concepts, specialist terms, and culture associated with chaos magic are clarified for a new generation of magic users.

When a solitary calligrapher discovers an invisible ink—one that cannot be seen, only sensed—he begins to write what the heart remembers. Each brushstroke draws out memories he never consciously chose, as if the ink knows what he cannot say aloud. The story unfolds gently, like breath in a candlelit room, where silence holds more truth than speech.

Two party members, Peter and Nick, are canvassing for the upcoming by-election. Peter, the older and less physically fit, takes on the quieter end of Priory Road, with its old Victorian houses. But as Peter advances up the road, the atmosphere becomes more unworldly and unsettling. What awaits Peter at the end house?

In the quiet hours before morning claims the sky, a train emerges from the mist—a train forgotten by maps, travelling only once a year along tracks wrapped in lavender and memory. The Train to Lavender Station is a gentle bedtime story for grown-ups, part of the Before Your Dream series. It offers a soft, meditative journey through grief, release, and quiet transformation.

Step into the stillness of evening, where every story glows like candlelight and each part hums with quiet wonder. Echoes Before Dreams gathers five poetic tales from the Before Your Dream series—stories written to slow the heart and carry you gently toward sleep.

London, 1943. The streets of Hounslow hide more than ration books and blackouts. A killer is working to a quiet rhythm of death, leaving behind bodies drained of blood and arranged with disturbing care. The press have their theories. The police have few leads. Theodore Nash doesn’t believe in monsters. He sees detail, intent, and the human mind behind every crime. A forensic consultant by trade, and a man more comfortable with puzzles than people, Theo has made a life of distance and control.

Paper Boats on the River of Time is a calming bedtime story for adults, part of the Before Your Dream series. Written with soft pacing and a meditative voice, the story invites you into a world beyond clocks and calendars, where memories sail without direction, held by the current and the quiet.

The poems of this book were written at very various times, one (“Wind over the Sea”) I believe even as early as 1910, but the order in which they are here given is not chronological beyond the fact that the third part contains only poems written after the outbreak of the war. Of these some were written in England (at Oxford in particular), some in Wales, and very many during a year in France from November 1915 to December 1916, which was broken by one leave in the middle of May.

What if your true love lived a hundred lives and you had to find her in each one? JJ wakes up aboard the most famous ship in history, with no memory of how he got there and a pocket watch ticking backward. He doesn’t belong in 1912. But somewhere on this voyage is the woman he’s been chasing across time. Her name is Evelyn. The moment he sees her, he knows: he’s been here before. But fate isn’t kind, and the ship they’re on is heading straight toward disaster.

High on a remote mountain, where wind threads through stone and silence gathers in the dome, an old observatory waits for night. Inside, a solitary astronomer begins his ritual. He does not measure or chart. He simply watches — and wonders if the stars might be watching him in return. Through the telescope’s great lens, the familiar sky begins to change. Clusters shift. Constellations breathe. A spiral forms, a rhythm pulses, a triangle glows with deliberate synchrony.

Historians describe great wars as the clash of armies, the strategies of generals, the choices of leaders. But history is also shaped by the smallest moments—the flick of a wrist, the turn of a head, a slight hesitation. A single moment, barely noticed, that cascades into something far greater. And the world changes forever.

Historians know that great wars hinge not just on grand strategies, but also on small decisions—moments of hesitation, chances not taken. With Britain now out of the fight, the world stands at a precipice, and Germany’s full strength is unleashed upon an unsuspecting Soviet Union. Stalin, blind to the threat, refuses to see the warnings of impending doom. As millions of German troops surge across the border, the very fate of nations hangs in the balance.

This tongue-in-cheek look at all the iconic, memorable, and not-so-great things we grew up with in the 1980s will make you laugh, cry, and possibly even re-evaluate your life choices. At the very least, it'll make you fire up ebay to go buy a vintage Mr. Frosty to see what you missed out on.

After a dramatic change in character, a rather usual middle-aged man begins carrying out a series of rather unusual murders. Meanwhile Brad Shape, a crime beat reporter for the Manchester Daily News, is looking for the big scoop to revive his flagging career—and his crumbling marriage. But when he finds one of England's most notorious serial killers, it will be Brad's biggest break...in more ways than one.

The Passport of Forgotten Places is a poetic literary short story for bedtime — part of the Before Your Dream series. In a quiet room where candlelight flickers against weathered books, a traveller discovers a passport unlike any other — one that bears stamps not of countries that are, but of places that exist only in memory’s gentle chambers.

This meditative, slow-paced story invites you to join a retired postmaster as he discovers a forgotten box of unsent letters in his attic. By lamplight and soft rain, he opens each envelope—unlocking tender stories of love, hope, and unspoken courage from decades past. Perfect for listeners seeking calming fiction, poetic prose, and a mindful literary escape.

This Book Holds all four stories within the series. 1. The Train Watcher 2. The Last Stop Before Dawn 3. The Break of Dawn 4. The Conductor Gideon goes on an epic story of mystery, loss and repetitiveness. Can he break the cycle or will he succumb to the endless loop of time? Living the same day, in the same job. Can he discover the secret to his memory loss? Who is the Blonde lady? Bruisers, Robots, Mafia, Car chase, and George, who just wants to clock off for the last time.

Sheffield is a strange city. Throughout it's long history there have been countless tales of the weird and the wonderful within its boundaries. Strange Sheffield features a selection of Ghost Stories, some well known but of them less so, from across Sheffield's history.

Bound by a deal forged in desperation, an immortal soul traverses centuries as a servant to forces beyond comprehension. His task is simple yet unyielding: to ensure every bargain struck is honored and every debt paid, no matter the cost. As he collects the remnants of humanity's most desperate choices, he wrestles with the weight of his eternal servitude, the morality of his task, and the elusive promise of redemption. But in a world where every deal has its price, the ultimate question lingers—what will you give for redemption?