After dinner, a small ivory-and-brass model vanishes from a table — and a larger one waits in the workshop.
Retold for sleep from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 and long out of copyright. The story is Wells's; every sentence here is our own.
This session is being crafted. It will appear right here.
The Time Machine — The Inventor's Parlour is a sleep story from Salūs Rooms — a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace.
Salūs Rooms is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS, Android and web — hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.