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Join me this eve as I read the macabre Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. Get cozy, because this tale gets chilling, and hits a bit close to our world events right now. So, grab a cup of tea, a comfy cat, and ensconce yourself in a pillow fort of sorts for tonight's creepy tale. And remember... just because Things are locked out... doesn't mean they can't enter... so take care of yourself and others! (Please stay healthy!) Stay Spooky, my friends!

This short story is read in a soft voice with soft and eerie music in the background. I have re-recorded this version from my original. This episode originally released on April 3, 2020 on YouTube.

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This tale is from the public domain works of Edgar Allan Poe. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally aired on 4/3/2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Oz1EwElhrq8

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Need to wander through Wonderland to clear your head for a bit? Me too! Join me for tonight's chapter, in which we (finally) get to meet the Cheshire Cat, the Duchess, Pig / Baby, Cook, and so many more curious characters! This tale, Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland Chapter 6: Pig and Pepper," 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!

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

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This chapter is from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, illustrations, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode was originally released on 6/3/2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-HW4adnnZ-k

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Is the waking world clamoring to be let into your dreamtime? Voices, noises, fears, and everything swirling around non-stop? Same. Let's stay up and enjoy a tale together! This evening's story is technically a "fairy tale" but it also hits really close to real life... a little too often. Some stories are really that timeless. This tale, Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's should-be fairy tale!

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This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by Hans Christian Andersen, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, my animated illustrations and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on YouTube on 6/5/2020: https://youtu.be/E-HbFkr3qtE

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What if you woke up one day and your face was gone? Even worse, instead of your head, there is a goat's head, horns and all. Everyone else knows… except for you. Some fates can be worse than death… but very much deserved, and this forgotten fairytale borders on a horror story. So, summon your familiars, get comfy and cozy, and follow me!

"The Goat Faced Girl" is an Italian fairy tale from Andrew Lang's Grey Fairy Book. I have added my voice, commentary, and light music during the telling of it!

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WHO. ARE. YOOOU? Tonight, we are asking (and answering) some pretty soul-searching questions! Join me as Alice meets up with the blue caterpillar, soars to great heights, frightens a poor bird, and, of course, shrinks yet again. All of this and more in Chapter 5 of Alice in Wonderland, "Advice from a Caterpillar," by Lewis Carroll from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This chapter is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's whimsical chapter!

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

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This reading is "Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar" from a "Alice In Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, illustrations, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode was originally released on 5/19/2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATo04N7xxKM

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To much swirling in your brain to sleep?! Let's fall into something familiar and classic to ease the brainwaves, shall we? Join me for the classic and bizarre "Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," and hopefully you will drift off to beautiful sleep as well! Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" is based off of this version of the story, but where it ends and everything is "Happily Ever After," this tale is just beginning! Get ready for Ogres, castle-hopping, deceit, snakes, and oh so much more in this evening's reading! Disney Princess Aurora had things on Easy Mode, with only Maleficent and a cursed spinning wheel to contend with! This tale, Charles Perrault's "Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairy story!

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

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This tale originally by Charles Perrault is from a compendium of tales that is now in public domain. I have added my voice, commentary, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode originally released on June 9, 2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gUoVeFrqCRk

#SleepingBeauty #Animation #Fairytale #Perrault #ASMR

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Curiouser and curiouser! We're not quite done growing (and shrinking, and growing, and shrinking) yet! Tonight, Alice gets mistaken for a "Mary Ann" and trapped in the White Rabbit's house! Admittedly, it was entirely her own fault... she felt things were just too DULL in Wonderland - imagine! So, send in the calvary? Er, in this case it's just good old Bill. Poor Bill! This tale, Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland, Chapter 4: The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill," is read in a soft voice and to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's chapter!

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

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This reading is from a "Alice In Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, illustrations, and Creative Commons music (above).

This episode was originally released on 5/5/2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PS8S_JTaH3w

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What’s the weirdest way to disappear? Imagine if simply picking a flower caused you to vanish… forever. It might not be so bad, but then again, you could end up in the clutches of an evil deathless monster for the rest of your mortal existence. Is it a risk you’d take? As an obsessive gardener, my fate is sealed, but there’s hope for you from this old dark story!

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"What came of picking Jessamine" ("What came of picking flowers") is a Portuguese fairy tale from Andrew Lang's Grey Fairy Book. I have added my voice, light commentary, and some animations during the telling of it!

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Can’t sleep, or have too much buzzing in your brain? Let my obsession with old stories and folklore soothe and distract you! Join me for a spell as I read old forgotten fairytales, ghost stories, full books, and other creepy classics. Make yourself comfy and cozy, summon your familiars, and quiet your mind for a soft-spoken storytime! It's spooky yet soothing, and while some tales can get dark and grim, I’ll be awake the whole time so you don’t have to worry about a thing! To catch the latest episodes, check out a bit late wherever you listen to podcasts. Sweet dreams and stay spooky friends, fiends, and night owl supremes, and I’ll see you a bit later on a bit late!

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What do endless wine, Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, and YuGiOh have in common? If you pictured a very tipsy Harry Potter wearing the invisibility cloak and dueling Seto Kaiba… you’d be mistaken. Let’s gets weirder than that! Add in catastrophic wishes, a horse that can climb anything in the world, map-obsessed giants, enchanted artifacts, and an old reclusive woman who routinely drugs any house guest she has… and we’ve got ourselves a very dark and twisted centuries-old tale! And of course, it’s even creepier when you stare too deeply into its depths…

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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, commentary, and Creative Commons music (above).

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