A Bedtime Story

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Welcome to A Bedtime Story. I'm Matthew Mitchell, and tonight's story is titled The Whispering Shell, Part 1 of this week's series: The Legend of the Unblinking Lighthouse. Leila lived on the outermost edge of anywhere, which was precisely where she preferred to be. Her home was a sturdy, squat stone cottage...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to find collections, blogs, and even submit your own story suggestions for future episodes! This episode is a look behind-the-scenes of the making of Season 1 of “A Bedtime Story.” Thank you for being a listener, and I hope you enjoy this special episode. Season 2 is coming later in January!

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Welcome to A Bedtime Story, I’m Matthew Mitchell, and tonight I’m officially announcing Season 2 of A Bedtime Story, as well as an upcoming special behind-the-scenes look at the making of season 1 of A Bedtime Story. Season 2 of A Bedtime Story is coming, and it’ll be slightly different but better than ever....

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Thank you for one full year doing this podcast every single day! “A Bedtime Story” Season 2 is coming soon! The bedroom was lit only by the warm, amber glow of the salt lamp in the corner, casting long, soft shadows against the walls cover...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! “A Bedtime Story” Season 2 is coming soon! Mr. Caspian Clutterbuck was the librarian of the Grand Reading Hall, a man so devoted to quiet that he wore felt slippers year-round and communicated primarily through written notes. One blustery...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! “A Bedtime Story” Season 2 is coming soon! Ms. Vivian ran "Vivian's Velvet Views," the most exclusive dog grooming salon in the city. Her most famous client was Patches, a fluffy white poodle whose coat was so perfectly clipped he looked l...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! “A Bedtime Story” Season 2 is coming soon! Arthur was a quiet, dedicated gardener who believed that his plants held deep, philosophical secrets. He longed to know their inner thoughts, perhaps about the sublime nature of photosynthesis or...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! “A Bedtime Story” Season 2 is coming soon! Leo, a sensible boy who enjoyed routine and tidy outcomes, discovered an old, moss-covered wishing well hidden behind the town library. He leaned over the lip and saw the water shimmering strangel...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! “A Bedtime Story” Season 2 is coming soon! Octavia the octopus was not known for her speed, but she was celebrated across the vast, deep canyon for the sheer brilliance of her mind. She considered the annual Sunken Spire Relay a challenge...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Bradley the beaver was a gifted civil engineer, but he suffered from acute geometric perfectionism. His greatest goal in life was to build a dam that was a perfect, unblemished, mathematically exact circle. All other beavers built messy, r...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Leo was the official lighthouse keeper of the rocky, wave-battered coast. His job was simple: turn the huge lamp on when the sun went down, and turn it off when the sun came up. The problem was, Leo was deathly afraid of the dark, and he h...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! The morning sun barely dappled the floor of the Pine Needle Den when a cute and beautiful baby bear named Bella first twitched her nose. Today was no ordinary day; today was her birthday! Bella was perhaps the fluffiest bear cub in the ent...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! The village of Whisper Creek was known for its overly dramatic gossip, primarily spread by Mrs. Penelope Petunia, who claimed she knew everything about everyone, even how many raisins were in their oatmeal. However, Whisper Creek had a sec...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Percy was not just any pigeon; he considered himself an elite aerial courier, a highly trained avian professional. The only problem was, Percy was pathologically incapable of flying horizontally. If he was told to go north, he went straigh...

Please vote for “A Bedtime Story” for Volume One’s Best Local Podcast! Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Walter was a dedicated postal worker with a great sense of duty. He handled all the special deliveries for the forest creatures: birthday acorns for the badgers, tiny spectacles for the moles, and urgent messages for the owls. Walter was e...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Winifred was a well-meaning witch who lived in a tower by the river, but her spells had a peculiar side effect: they always, without fail, turned into elaborate musical theater numbers. If she tried to levitate a cauldron, the cauldron would float up while singing a soulful tenor aria. If she tried to create...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Theodore was a very sensible tortoise who lived in a very sensible pond. He ate sensible lettuce, took sensible sunbaths, and was, overall, incredibly slow. However, inside his sturdy shell, Theodore harbored a lightning-fast secret: he dreamed of being a professional race car driver. He didn't want a car; he...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Rex Jr. was not a Tyrannosaurus Rex. He was a Microraptor—a tiny dinosaur about the size of a robin, with magnificent blue-black feathers. Rex Jr. considered himself a gourmand, but he had an extremely particular dining habit: he would only eat human food, and it all had to be miniature. Rex Jr. lived in a co...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Priscilla the puppy was famous in her neighborhood for her incredibly detailed, organized toy collection. Every squeaky bone, every frayed rope, and every rubber chicken was cataloged, dusted, and stored in a color-coded bin. Priscilla’s favorite, "Commander Chew," a sturdy, navy-blue rubber whale, was kept i...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Willis Weed was a garden sprite who had recently inherited his family’s magical heirloom: the Wand of Whimsical Weather. It was a spectacular wand—ornate, silvery, and humming with power—but it was incredibly difficult to control, especially for a novice sprite like Willis. Willis had only one, simple goal th...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Penelope the penguin lived in a chilly, remote landscape where all the other penguins were dedicated to fishing, squabbling, and staring blankly into the distance. Penelope, however, harbored a single, warm-weather dream: she wanted to have a permanent, indoor picnic. She didn't want the outdoors, the cold, o...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Agent Pepper Pounce was an elite housecat spy. Her mission was to protect the domestic realm from external threats, like unsupervised dust bunnies and overly loud delivery drivers. Pepper’s current assignment was guarding the kitchen fruit bowl, which held a top-secret artifact: a large, spiky pineapple. The...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Captain Chester Corvus, a majestic black crow, was the proud owner of a magnificent, stolen treasure map. Chester was a daring adventurer, but he had one critical flaw: he was terrible with directions, often confusing north with "that way, near the shiny rock." To compensate, he acquired a magical compass, bu...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Mildred the mouse was an explorer, not for mountains or jungles, but for discarded snacks. She lived by the mantra: "One mouse's trash is another mouse's treasure." Her prize possession was a detailed, grease-stained map of the pantry floor, charting every fallen crumb and lost candy wrapper. One evening, whi...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Professor Quentin Quill, a brilliant but messy theoretical physicist, had a theory: if he could measure the exact number of waddles a duck performed in a single minute, he could unlock the secrets of the universe. The problem was finding a duck willing to stand still and let a scientist count its feet movemen...