Sleepbound (free)

The Princess and the Pea

Tonight's reading is free. Over 500 more — and every new one first — are on Sleepbound Premium. Free for 7 days, cancel any time.
→ Supercast: sleepboundstudios.supercast.com
→ Patreon: patreon.com/c/SleepBound

Our 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.

What is Sleepbound (free)?

Bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups — read slowly enough to fall asleep to.

Classic literature, read softly through the long quiet hours: Austen and Wilde, Grimm and Le Guin, ghost stories and country houses and long sea voyages. No music. No drama. Just the page, the voice, and somewhere warm to lie down. Nothing bad happens. That's deliberate.

Episodes run long on purpose — an hour, four hours, sometimes a whole book in one sitting — so the thing doesn't end and wake you.

Want the rest of it? Over 500 readings across our three shows, ad-free, with new members-only episodes every week:

→ Supercast — all three Sleepbound shows in one app. Free for 7 days, cancel any time:
https://sleepboundstudios.supercast.com
→ Patreon — the same readings, plus the community:
https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

Just me and Ian and the writers. Recorded gently, for sleep.