Close your eyes. Settle in. Tonight we follow a wandering librarian through a quiet village in the north of the country, where a forgotten post office is about to remember what it was for.Eadred has been on the road for thirty-one years. His cart is pulled by a patient old horse named Pocket, and the cart is full of unsent letters — finished, folded, addressed, and then, for reasons that no longer matter to anyone, never posted. He collects them. He sorts them by region, by season, by the weather on the day they were written. And one evening, he reaches the village of Lower Thelwick, where a young woman named Mira keeps a post office that has not received a letter in eleven years.Tonight, we wander with him through that village, through the first letter that he delivers, through the quiet hours after midnight, and through the small, persistent hope that people might still be reachable — even across great distances of time.Chapters:0:00 — The Road That Does Not Appear on Any Map1:30 — Eadred and the Cart of Unsent Letters3:00 — The Village of Lower Thelwick4:30 — Mira and the Empty Post Office6:00 — The First Letter from Anstey8:00 — What Becomes of Letters Whose Villages Are Gone10:30 — Mira Reads Through the Night13:00 — Onward to the Next Valley14:30 — The Cartographer Returns to the Road16:00 — Rest. We Will Not Move for a While.This episode was created with AI assistance for story creation and voice synthesis. The narrator is a fictional character voiced by an AI voice design system. If you enjoy The Wandering Library Extended, you may also like our other late-night story collections: The Night Garden, The Gentle Drift, and Letters from Sleepy Town. Rest well.DISCLAIMER 📢Bedtime Sleep Stories For Grownups is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates.Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law.This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos.👉 Check our Patreon👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7!🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

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