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Some would do anything for love… others wouldn’t do that. This twisted old tale pushes the limits of love, and there are quite a lot of poetic tears to shed along the way! This story, "The Nightingale and the Rose" is from a collection of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, very light commentary, and creative commons music."Parting of the Ways, Relent" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!"Midnight Tale, Magic Forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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-GxoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!"Magic Forest, Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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-GxoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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."Magic Forest, Nightdreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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/q4bFpVkPgkkSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/byKp4ZAmH10Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K. "Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Magic Forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!"Reaching Out, Floating Cities, Relent, Magic Forest, Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Constancy Part 2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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-5437cSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 "Blue Feather, Magic Forest, Reaching Out" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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/zwM8Y76golYSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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."Ancient Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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/hn1XlDDEvPYSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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"Reaching Out, Midnight Tale, Magic Forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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_t5-1gSsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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!"Teller of the Tales, Midnight Tale, The Snow Queen, Relent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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/652tVq8ITeMSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 "Blue Feather, Magic Forest, Constancy Part 2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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/xESfmB7m5OQSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the mood for something a bit on the spooky side? Join me for tonight's ghost story, "From The Tomb," if you dare! Set in an idyllic bathhouse resort, two strangers with a mysterious past pique their fellow bathers' attention - in a creepy, "touched-by-death" sort-of-way. The strangers then recount their horrendous ordeal... and then go about their merry way?! This tale, Guy de Maupassant's "From The Tomb," is read in a soft voice and to some light and eerie background music. I hope you enjoy this evening's chilling short ghost story!Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K. "Reaching Out, Shadowlands 2, Blue Feather" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "The Tomb" by Guy de Maupassant (translated by Waggener) is from a compendium of stories that is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on 4/24/2020 ► https://youtu.be/yk9Kwn-LqUESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome, friends and fiends, to SPOOKY SEASON! I figured we'd start this one off right with a classic and haunting story! Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 1! We get to see just what makes this neck of the woods so enchanting... and so haunting! And, along the way, we'll get so many festive descriptions of our favorite season: AUTUMN! We'll also learn all about Ichabod Crane: A schoolteacher from Connecticut who, after my own heart, just loves all the sweets the season has to offer! We'll also meet Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones, the Headless Horseman, and food. A LOT of food. 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"Midnight Tale, Constancy Part 2, Magic Forest," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 10/2/2020 ► https://youtu.be/81RWkCgD42wSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have a bunch of thoughts keep you up or worried? Well, at least it's not the voice of death whispering to your soul! (At least, I hope it's not?) We've got a two-for tonight - part fairytale, part ghost story! How fun! This tale, "The Voice of Death," is read in a soft voice and set to some eerie and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky fairy tale!Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K. "Decline" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale, "The Voice of Death," is a Romanian tale from Mite Kremnitz, found in a collection of tales from Andrew Lang, 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 5/12/2020 ► https://youtu.be/3yLhJ4tY54MSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Get comfy and cozy and snuggle up for this regal autumn story! Prince Autumn is read in a soft-spoken voice and set to wistful music. So, grab a hot cider or cocoa, pick up some knitting and follow me into tonight's ASMR storytime!Summer goes his all-prospering way,Autumn’s horn is calling.Heather dresses the brown hill-clay,Winds whip crackling across the bay,Leaves in the grove keep falling.Autumn lords it with banners brightOf garish leaves held o’er him,Quelling Summer’s eternal fight,Heralding Winter, wild and white,While the blithe little birds flee before him.This tale, "Prince Autumn," by Carl Ewald, is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's cozy autumn soft spoken story!"Lamentation, MagicForest, Ebbs and Flows" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This tale is from a compendium of fairytales, 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 11/10/2021 ► https://youtu.be/fhCnwxzKX8ISee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hello midnight friends, fiends and night owl supremes! Tonight we read the feathery iconic poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. If suddenly you hear a tapping, open wide the door to this mysterious visitor from the Night's Plutonian Shore. Get some tea, get comfy, and stay spooky, my friends! This short poem is read in a soft voice with soft and eerie music in the background.Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K. "Shadowlands 2, Shadowlands 5" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This tale is from the public domain works of Edgar Allan Poe. I have added my voice, my thoughts, my animated illustrations, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on April 17, 2020: https://youtu.be/7Tay5qJo-NgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dear friends, fiends, and night owl supremes, tonight is a bittersweet night, for tonight we are wrapping up our fall down the rabbit hole of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 12: Alice's Evidence." Join me as we journey once more into whimsical wonderland and say farewell to the Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, March Hatter, Dormouse (Door Mouse?!), Poor Old Bill, and oh so many more beloved characters. But this is not goodbye! Oh no, not at all! Wonderland, it turns out, is only an eyelid away! This reading, "Chapter 12: Alice's Evidence," from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's chapter 12 and wrap up of Wonderland!"Dreamy Flashback, The Snow Queen, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This chapter is from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode was originally released on 7/31/2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FhMOfCH3LFsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Some fairytales are silly and cruel. This story is a mix, but we've got cats and magic! So, get comfy and cozy for tonight's calming fairy tale bedtime story, spoken softly.Need a story to calm you mind? You've come to the right place! Join me for tonight's fool's journey with a dull Prince, dog, cat, KING OF SNAKES, enchanted watch, be-spelled princesses, good luck and ill fortune! This fairytale bedtime story, "The Enchanted Watch," 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!"Teller of the Tales, Fairytale Waltz, Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of fairytale stories which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, commentary, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released 09/21/2022 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nNyQiUp5c8E #bedtimestories #asmr #podcast #fairytale #fairytales #asmrreading #abitlateSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hungry? DON'T TOUCH THE TARTS! Unless you want to be involved in a non-sensical trial that lasts entirely too long, has questionable procedures, focuses on the wrong things... and honestly just don't eat the Queen of Heart's tarts. Not worth it! Join me tonight as I read Chapter 11 of Alice in Wonderland: "Who Stole the Tarts?" It's punny and odd and of course, every bit as whimsical as you'd expect Wonderland to be! This tale, Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland, Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts?" is read aloud in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's whimsical chapter!"Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from the public domain works of Lewis Carroll. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode was originally released on 7/21/2020 on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/MSLkoQ4J31sSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chittering chattering voices keeping you up at all hours? Let's get Grimm! In the tale of The White Snake, our protagonist eats an interesting dinner, sets out on some interesting missions and encounters so so many animals. Some of which he is kinder to than others. (Seriously, this guy either saves them or condemns them... nothing in between!) This tale, the Brothers Grimms' "The White Snake," 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 tale!Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K. "Magic Forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 May 1, 2020 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q3qu3PI-tZ8See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.