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To much buzzing in your skull to sleep?! Let's get Grimm! Join me for tonight for a familiar tale - "The Ash Maiden" a form of "Cinderella!" This one is, of course, a bit more Grim... which is unsurprising as it's collected by the Brothers Grimm! Two evil stepsisters, an evil stepmother, a wishing tree with a bird that produces the finest of dresses, 3 nights of a royal ball, exclusive dances with the (really dense?) prince, a lost shoe, escape plans, and so much more! We have quite an action-packed adventure in store this evening! This tale, the Brothers Grimms' "The Ash Maiden," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's Cinderella Fairytale!

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This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on September 1, 2020 ► https://youtu.be/29RKFIr-Gxo

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PIGS HAVE INVADED THE KINGDOM. What now?! Can't sleep? Same here! Maybe we'll find it in tonight's epic adventure among the sun, moon, and even the house of the wind. We journey with one woman on as she muddles through a dragon's deceit, and makes the journey of a lifetime to fix what trust had been broken by... not communicating. We meet celestial beings (and their mothers) and even construct a rather grim ladder in order to make the world right again. This tale, "The Enchanted Pig," from the Red Fairy Book, is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's longer fairy tale!

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This story, The Enchanted Pig, is from a compendium of tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on May 15, 2020 ►https://youtu.be/29RKFIr-Gxo

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Have you ever been so anxiety-ridden that you can't sleep? HEY WELCOME TO THE PARTY! That's exactly what starts off tonight's fairytale read, "The Nix of the Mill Pond" from the Brothers Grimm! After that, we get a very sad story of love lost, which, honestly, made me want to cry as I retold it. But fear not! This fairy tale is actually a hopeful one, in the long long end. As always, do be careful what you wish for and bargain away when dealing with a water nix (water sprite!) This tale, the Brothers Grimms' "The Nix of the Mill Pond," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's lovely fairy tale.

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This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This reading originally went live on YouTube on May 26, 2020 ►https://youtu.be/q4bFpVkPgkk

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There's nothing like a picturesque ghost story, is there? What's that? Join me for tonight's tale and find out! Let us float over lush landscapes and escape into gnarly orchards... that are haunted? Gasp! This is an easier, but still mysterious, ghost story set in a sleepy New English countryside. This tale, "The Haunted Orchard" by Richard Le Gallienne, is read in a soft voice and backed by eerie and wistful piano background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's ghost story, but please, pardon my French and any mispronunciations! (Thank you!)

This episode originally released on YouTube on April 7, 2020: https://youtu.be/byKp4ZAmH10

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

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This tale, "The Haunted Orchard" is by Richard Le Gallienne, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, my animated illustrations, and Creative Commons music (above).

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Trick or Treat? Happy Spooky Season, Friends and Fiends! I do hope you consider today's storytelling a treat! I'm so excited to share it with you, as it is kinda creepy in the "Coraline" "Other Mother" kind of way! I do believe Neil Gaiman (author of "Coraline") took some inspiration from this particular creepy tale. Join me as we follow the two "good" sisters, Blue Eyes and The Turkey, as they try their best to impress a strange bedraggled girl with a most curious and unique peardrum! This enigmatic and aloof wanderer will only let the girls see the tiny dancing man and woman inside it if they are very bad. Truly bad. Naughty and terrible beyond belief! This understandable upsets their sweet real mother, and she threatens to leave them to The New Mother, who has glass eyes and a long wooden tail, if they do not change their behavior! Will they turn out good? Will they be bad enough to see the dancers from the pear drum girl? Is this New Mother just as bad as Coraline's Other Mother? We shall see, right now, in this Coraline origin story of sorts!

This tale, "The New Mother," by Lucy Clifford, is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's short story!

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This tale is by Lucy Clifford. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/13/2020 https://youtu.be/RHtVZ-5437c

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Trick or Treat! Welcome, friends and fiends, to the final part of our Spooky Season reading of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!" (aka, the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane story!) Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 4! Tonight everything comes to a head. We finally meet the infamous Headless Horsemen of legend, and it's up to you to decide if what happens is true or not. Depends on who you ask, really! The country wives would tell you fairy folk and demons had worked magic on the ill-fated night that Ichabod Crane and Gunpowder tried to outrace the Headless Hessian, but good old Brom Bones would probably just chuckle! Hmm. Wonder why that is Brom?! Got Katrina Van Tassel all to yourself now? Also, just where and why is there a smashed pumpkin near the church graveyard? All this and more are (finally!) revealed in tonights story! This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

Voice Over Editing ► ADAM NATOR

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This tale, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is by Washington Irving, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/23/2020 ► https://youtu.be/zwM8Y76golY

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The opal is October's birthstone, but do you know how it was made? Well, get comfy and cozy for tonight's romantic fairy tale bedtime story. You may not get the answers you seek, but I promise you're in for an emotional rollercoaster of a fairytale.

The sun was shining brightly one day, and a little Sunbeam slid down his long golden ladder, and crept unperceived under the leaves of a large tree. All the Sunbeams are in reality tiny Sun-fairies, who run down to earth on golden ladders, which look to mortals like rays of the Sun. The fairy of the Moon is a woman, and all her beams are tiny women, who come down on the loveliest little ladders, like threads of silver. No one knows why the Sun and Moon quarreled. Once they were very good friends. But now they are bitter enemies, and the Sunbeams and Moonbeams may not play together.

Need a story to calm you mind? You've come to the right place! Join me for tonight's romantic tragic fairytale bedtime story. "The Story of the Opal," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's soothing and comforting asmr reading.

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This tale is from a compendium of fairytale stories which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/26/2022 ► https://youtu.be/hn1XlDDEvPY

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Trick or Treat! Welcome, my friends and fiends, FEASTY HOLLOW! Err... to our Spooky Season read of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!" (aka, the Headless Horseman lore) Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 3! Tonight we finally get to the spooky ghost stories that haunt the little village of Sleepy Hollow. Old wives tales, headless horsemen, and so many other spooky specters populate tonights telling! Also, of course, and again, FOOD. Heaps and bounties and abundances of autumnal foodie descriptions. So, again, have a snack close at hand! OH! We also learn that Ichabod Crane is an exceptional dancer? Either that or his tall lanky form looks quite unlike any other dancer! This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

Voice Over Editing ► ADAM NATOR

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This tale, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is by Washington Irving, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/16/2020 ► https://youtu.be/K0f_t5-1gSs

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Feeling cozy? In the mood for a Halloween Frolic? Love "Over the Garden Wall?" This story is for you! Join me for "A Tale for Halloween" read in a soft spoken voice. We'll meet the leader of the festivities, the Pumpkin King, all of the other dancing vegetables, some wonderful witches and their cat familiars, and Babette and Antone, who are about to have a Halloween party like never before! So, get comfy and cozy, summon your own familiars, grab a hot cider or tea, light some candles, wrap yourself up in a warm quilt, and follow me into a most festive Halloween story!

"As they went marching on, Pumpkin sang and danced in the lead, and Onions and Carrots echoed his hearty songs. Presently great black cats with shining yellow eyes stepped from behind the trees, and each cat was soon joined by its mistress, who was no other than a real witch in tall peaked hat and carrying a broomstick. The Cabbages, who were a friendly lot, introduced Antone and Babette to these witches, and the witches seemed pleased to meet the children."

This Over the Garden Wall-type story, "A Tale for Halloween" is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's Halloween Story!

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This tale is from the Green Forest Fairy Book, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/13/2021 ► https://youtu.be/652tVq8ITeM

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Trick or Treat! Welcome, friends and fiends, to MORE Spooky Season! Curious what happens next in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? (You know, the Headless Horseman story?) Me too! Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 2! Tonight we learn all about Ichabod Crane's beloved, Katrina Van Tassel, and her love (and, therefore Icabod's rival) Brom Bones! He seems to me to be essentially Gaston, but that's just my take! OH YES. This evening's story has FOOD. Heaps and bounties and abundances of autumnal foodie descriptions. Welcome to Feast-y Hollow I suppose? So, you know, have a snack close at hand? This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

Voice Over Editing ► ADAM NATOR

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This tale, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is by Washington Irving, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/9/2025 ► https://youtu.be/xESfmB7m5OQ

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