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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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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.

"Dreamy Flashback, The Sn...

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...

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...

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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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 li...

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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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

This is a soft story reading of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice, chapters 1-4. We'll meet the Bennet family, Mr. Bingly, and of course, the infamous Mr. Darcy! So, join me in the sitting room with your familiars, needle point, and your favorite tea!

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What happens when you try to outrun prophecy? Can it be done? In this tale, a royal family tries to do just that, but do they end up fulfilling it while trying to avoid it? Join me for this wild story about a deadly fairy prediction, and find out! Along the way we’ll meet 2 handsome princes, a beautiful princess, a lot of cockchafers and peacocks, and even a feisty little dog that makes all the difference in their fates! Friends and fiends, get comfy and cozy, summon your familiars, light your fairy lights and grab a mug of you...

Little Red Riding Hood is a classic dark fairytale, with some not so happily ever afters. But how would Little Red fare differently if her grandmother was NOT frail, bedridden easy pickings for the infamous wolf? What if she was tough, buff, and a witch to boot? How differently would this classic fairytale play out?

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Trick or Treat! Too much buzzing in your skull to sleep?! Fear not - here's every song in The Nightmare Before Christmas whispered!

0:00 - Nightmare Before Christmas Songs Intro

0:37 - This Is Halloween Song Whispered

3:54 - Jack’s Lament Song Whispered

6:33 - What’s This Song Whispered

8:49 - Town Meeting Song Whispered

11:30 - Jack’s Obsession Song Whispered

13:48 - Kidnap the Sandy Claws Song Whispered

16:27 - Making Christmas Song Whispered

19:04 - Oogie Boogie’s Song Whispered

21:39 - Sally’s Song Whisp...

Welcome to the spooky side on abitlate! Tonight I’ve traveled back in time to bring you some very special old halloween love spells, rituals, and even potions to find true love and true partnership. And fortune, fame, and fate. Because spells are always more potent on Halloween, do be careful with some of these. There are of course also many games and much party trickery to inspire your own gathering of witches and warlocks. Have a host of apples at hand in case you get inspired to try this at a moment's notice! This is a selection of ol...

Is this perhaps the most gruesome fairytale, even for the Brothers Grimm? As far as macabre old stories go, is very much in the same vein as Bluebeard, although with a lot more murders in this murderous den!

The girl looked up and saw that the voice came from a bird hanging in a cage on the wall. Again it cried:

 ‘Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair,

 Linger not in this murderers’ lair.’

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Ghost horror story or fairytale? Why not both!? I hope you enjoy this soft spoken asmr reading of the Brothers Grimms’ "The Juniper-Tree" with very light commentary and soft music for sleep, relaxation, and spooky season! Sweet dreams, and stay spooky!

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My mother killed her little son;

My father grieved when I was gone;

My sister loved me best of all;

She laid her kerchief over me,

And took my bo...

Welcome to the spooky side on abitlate! To kick off this auspicious autumn, I’m going to tell you how to throw the best superstitious Hallow’s Eve party, complete with rituals, divinations, and the most vintage decor! This is a selection of old Halloween party tricks and rituals from 1912.

Gather your familiars, wrap up in a cozy quilt, summon a mug of your most comforting spiced tea, and follow me into some fabulous Halloween rituals and party ideas from 1912. Soft spoken asmr reading with very light commentary and soft music for sleep, relaxation, and spooky season!

Anxiety... but make it cozy? Tonight's short cold season tales are full of emoting plants. Yes, you read that right. Frenetic leaves, shy violets, and of course, stately, solid and supportive ancient trees. Don't worry, be-leaf in yourself! Anyway... enjoy this cozy autumn short stories and poems. Soft spoken reading with commentary set to soft music. 

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These stories and poems: "The Anxious Leaf, The Merry Wind, The Kind Old Oak" are read in a...

Feeling cozy? How about a short weird tale with emoting pumpkins, weird family pressure, and the good good juice? Yeah, this one's odd. It's also got some "Over the Garden Wall" vibes so you can always have autumn in your heart. Join me for "The Little Pumpkin" read in a soft spoken voice with commentary and set to soft music. 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!

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Feeling cozy? In the mood for an autumn tale of love and ghosts and haunted castles? This old dark fairytale has it all! Witches, prophecies, curses, unforgiving kings, spectres, mysterious sounds, and of course, a noble prince! "The Courteous Prince" read in a soft spoken voice. 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!

Once upon a time a bonnie Prince fell in love with a lassie who w...

Grab some blankets, because I imagine it to be freezing in tonight's little adventure in Wonderland! We left off with Alice crying her heart out so much that she created an ocean of tears, in which many animals were swept up as well! Alice got to talk with a few of them, but just can't stop talking about cats, much to the chagrin of all her new friends. In Chapter Three: A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, we get even MORE insight from our animal friends! This chapter from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is read in a...

Let's continue our adventure and see just how far this rabbit hole goes, shall we? Tonight things get even more curious in Alice's Wonderland: Animals talk. Potions and cakes alter the physical world. Sadness is so strong that it creates a literal ocean of tears! Chapter Two: The Pool of Tears from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is read in a soft voice and set to some light dreamy background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's short story!

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

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Curiouser and curiouser! Tonight we begin our fall down the Rabbit Hole of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland." I plan on reading a chapter at a time and sharing them with you here. Please do let me know if you would like to continue this whimsical adventure with me! Stay Spooky! (And Curious?!)

This short excerpt is read in a soft story voice with soft and whimsical music in the background.

Voice Over Editing ► Zachary K.

"Floating Cities, Not As It Seems" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Li...