Tonight enjoy the original tale of The Little Mermaid written in 1836. Long before the red headed beauty that collects forks and sings with crabs...long LONG before...comes this slightly darker tale about our place in this world, our voice in this world, and more. Darker yes, but still a fun listen for our family listeners.

First published in 1823 in The Troy Sentinel, intrigue follows this poem as there are long-held debates as to its true origin.

This special episode also includes two separate versions of "The Night After Christmas". The first by Dr. Robert Archer (1866). The second published anonymously in Dear Santa Claus: Charming Holiday Stories for Boys and Girls (1901)

As always, tonight's stories are wrapped up in beautiful tones and the sounds of holiday evenings to help you find your much needed sleep.

Enjoy this one-episode mystery by one of our favorites complete with lovely "falling asleep" music and the crystal clear sounds of nature after dark.

Curl up tonight to the conclusion of "Unveiling a Parallel, A Love Story" complete with comfortable sleep inducing music and the sounds of nature. Tonight's episode is a little bit longer because I wanted to squeeze in those last two chapters.

Enjoy two final conversations as our nameless Earth Adventurer begins to fully understand his friends, the Caskians...and starts to more fully comprehend his own thoughts on society and religion.

Watch for "Unveiling a Parallel ~ Cheeky Book Talk Edition" on Amazon and Audible this holiday season.

Join us this week as our Earth Adventurer travels to a new country on Mars and uncovers a new mindset on labor, space, and wealth....as always swaddled in beautiful peaceful music and evening sounds to help you fall asleep fast.

Sampled in this episode is "The Yellow Wallpaper Cheeky Book Talk Edition". Purchase now: https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Wallpaper-Cheeky-Book-Talk/dp/B0DCRPPJY1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V7IKMSBAQCQ1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IS-AbDzwVZfwNc0vlD36OMtaX0W06R96_qim0yyzO9u0yjftRJ6u_yqWJ9s81cAXs8qejSDO-Nox9irsCk1HRZzZ2Oke3QOZ8FwJNGYFTna9PFK1HcjBXfAIlRsTsxrYu0P_GH9EPjD_9JSs7O9pSIfdxwaiSo_sOXAX91cHLCoBd6AJX8wrjq4yAm42SvDA.wnaKmiF2bNE-ektXoqN6u_wVGBisA1mJX7NgNMsl2-g&dib_tag=se&keywords=jama+smith&qid=1730141627&sprefix=%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

Welcome to Chapters 7 and 8 of our very early (and space traveling - believe it or not) feminism novel "Unveiling a Parallel" written in 1893.

If this is your first night with us, no worries! Every chapter involves a deep and satisfying conversation with another character. Tonight he enjoys his very first meaningful conversation with his love, Elodia. You'll be caught up immediately.

Complete with lovely peaceful music and what I imagine to be the melodious sounds of a Martian evening, I expect you to be asleep so quickly it takes your several nights to complete this episode.

Fall asleep tonight to chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant's Unveiling a Parallel.

Tonight our un-named Earth adventurer travels to another location on the Martian planet and discovers new evils and oddities.

As always our bedtime story is cloaked in beautiful music and quiet ambience to help you find deep sleep.

Thank you for joining us.

By Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant

Tonight we begin to truly peel the layers and unveil the parallels between men and women on Mars and men and women on Earth as our un-named Earth explorer comes face to face with traditions that he views as only masculine being fully enjoyed by the women of Mars.

An enjoyable story and study, but not likely to keep you awake. As always our story is comfortably cuddled with layers of peaceful harmonies and the sounds of nature.