Treasure Island, The Black Spot
A blind man's tapping stick on a frozen road, a round of black paper, and a sea-chest opened at midnight.
Retold for sleep from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1883 and long out of copyright. The story is Stevenson's; every sentence here is our own.
Tender and reassuring, steady when things aren't, present and calm without ever overpromising.
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About this session
Treasure Island, The Black Spot is a sleep story from Salūs, a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace by Maya Hart.
Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, 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.