Bedtime Stories for People Who Can’t Sleep is a collection of modern parables for adults—quiet, imaginative stories that linger in the mind long after the lights go out.

Some nights refuse to end.
Some thoughts refuse to rest.

Bedtime Stories for People Who Can’t Sleep is a collection of modern parables written for those moments—when the house is quiet, the mind is loud, and ordinary answers no longer work. Drawing on the familiar rhythms of childhood bedtime stories, these tales offer something deeper: reflection without instruction, wisdom without sermons, and comfort without false reassurance.

The stories in this collection are playful on the surface and quietly serious underneath. Strange creatures, unusual landscapes, and subtle absurdities create a sense of wonder—while beneath them live questions about power, fear, love, loss, belonging, and the stories we tell ourselves to make it through another day.

These are not tales designed to lull you to sleep. They are stories meant to sit beside you in the dark—inviting recognition rather than resolution. Some will amuse. Some may unsettle. A few may arrive like a mirror when you least expect it.

Bedtime Stories for People Who Can’t Sleep is for adults who remember what bedtime stories once did for them—and who still need those moments of quiet truth, long after childhood has passed.