Welcome to the world of foghorn station
Foghorn Station is part story world, part dream fragment, part listening ritual. This floating island carries stories, sound, and objects from a place not quite here and not quite there. Everything you encounter on this page, from field recordings to correspondence kits, is part of that world.
Told through paper, voice, and image, the Station unfolds slowly. Its stories, sleep episodes, and quiet artifacts reveal themselves one by one, like messages sent across fog and tide.
Foghorn Station: A floating island in a great distant sea
Foghorn Station is a floating island, adrift in a great shallow sea. It carries a lighthouse, a listening horn, and a dish-shaped base that collects the dreams and stories of creatures living on it, and below it, especially slugs, snails, starfish, and the occasional big blue fish.
The tale of it’s creation has been passed down through generations.
Painting by Magdalena Starzynska
“Recording 014: Mourning Rituals of the Lighthouse Keeper”
Listen below to a brief transmission from inside the tower, describing how grief is handled on the island, and the slow rhythms of remembering.
Runtime= 3 minutes
Sound Travels differently here
The Foghorn Station Podcast is a growing library of sleep stories that guide listeners through the island itself.
In each episode, you drift quietly through one corner of the island, a lighthouse library, a tucked-away garden, or one of the island beaches , with no plot, no urgency, just a soothing voice and a safe place to explore.
There are hints, in these stories, about the island’s deeper nature. But nothing is ever explained outright. You’re invited to fall asleep before the secrets reveal themselves.
Objects Found Along the Way
Foghorn Station is a place of rituals and objects.
In the Island Supply Room, you’ll find small offerings and tools from the island’s own inhabitants, handkerchiefs used for comfort or communication, stationery used by the letter keepers, and other sensory artifacts that connect this world to yours.
These items are part of the daily life of the Station. They carry the energy of the fog, the rhythm of the tides, and the slow, careful attention that the island teaches.
Station Correspondence:
Letter Writing as Ritual for Connection
Correspondence Fieldnote: Rituals from the Mainland
Listen to a short excerpt describing the ceremonial nature of letter writing for those living off the island , and the role of paper, pause, and connection.
Who will you write to?
Letters are how most stories, and relationships, travel around the island, and the surrounding lands. The island station house gathers the letters, and disperses them to the community islands.
The Station Correspondence Supplies offer printable paper sets, stamps, as if they were pulled from the island’s own mailroom.
You are welcome to write to someone from the island. Or from yourself, to yourself, from a place that floats somewhere between here and there.