Falling Asleep With a Good Book

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...

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 hi...

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...

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...

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 comfo...

In tonight's story our traveler and his new Martian friend discuss many of the differences between their communities. As they discuss women's roles, politics, and religion, I challenge you to remember that this story was written in 1893. Of course...that's IF you make it that far before drifting off to sleep. As always, tonight's episode is comfortably wrapped in peaceful music and...

Oh my did we find a good one! Gathered from the feminist writings of the late 1800s, we begin this novel tonight that will undoubtedly become part of our Cheeky Book Talk Collection available on Amazon. But for now, enjoy this tale of our nameless hero as he travels to Mars in his "aeroplane" and finds two very different cultures to explore. As always, our tale is nestled in with calming...

Widely accepted as one of America's first ghost stories, enjoy this story in it's original voice with references in real time to early American landmarks and characters. As always we've cocooned this bedtime story with cozy music and the sounds of evening nature to help you find your best sleep. Clip at beginning comes from "Walt Disney's Kansas City Home" available from...

Welcome to Season 3! I'm glad you're here. Tonight's Sleepy Story is well-accepted as one of the earliest American Ghost Stories. As always, we've included lovely music and peaceful outdoor evening noises to help you find that perfect deep sleep. Before we begin tonight's episode please enjoy a couple minutes of my new narration of Kyle Bumbalough's The Enchanted Stone avai...

As fall approaches, what better way to curl up than with a good old fashioned scary story? This repeat of one of our popular creepy episodes comes complete with a preview of one of my new Audible Book productions. Before we curl up to The Vampire Maid, enjoy a snippet of The Coil by J.C. Moore. Audible Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DCH4SW62/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-409071&re...

We return with Season 3 in two weeks! Until then, please enjoy this repeat episode of early science fiction piece, The Invisible Man, originally written in 1897 and presented in Pearson's Weekly. For our family listeners, please enjoy a snippet from the recently released on Audible "Quest for the Enchanted Stone" by Kyle Bumbalough. Narrated by Jama Smith of Falling Asleep With a Goo...

For our Season 2 finale, please enjoy this ghost story with a lesson about the human condition. Complete with evening sounds and our trademark peaceful music, this spectral tale is neither light hearted nor heavy. It is, however, perfect to fall asleep to. It first appeared in a popular magazine in the late 1800s, The Idle.

This sci fi short with a female heroine was first published in the pulp fiction magazine "Planet Stories" in the fall of 1944. Enjoy these rich future-living planet-traveling characters thwarting a nine-planet dictatorship (to peaceful music and cricket noises) all conceived during the actual World War Two era.

Tonight's bedtime read comes from a fan-favorite of Falling Asleep With a Good Book, Agatha Christie. Written barely a year after the discovery of Tutankhamuns's Tomb, this Poirot mystery takes full advantage of the fear of the mummy's revenge prevalent in that day. As always, complete with night sounds and peaceful music, let's fall asleep to the light-hearted problem solving of H...

Tonight, enjoy the conclusion of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum as you slip off into a beautiful deep sleep. Does the story end similarly to the movie? Does Dorothy get home? Will you fall asleep before you find out?...I hope so. Next week: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie

We've almost reached the conclusion! (Next week) Tonight curl up and rejoin our friends as they figure out how to get over that giant china wall and discover what is on the other side. As always our story comes complete with the quieting sounds of evening nature and ambient music all carefully curated to help you find peaceful deep sleep.

Curl up and drip into a beautiful deep sleep with this bedtime story complete with quiet music and the sounds of evening. When we left our friends, everyone except Dorothy had been granted their deepest wishes. Will the Wizard grant Dorothy's?...CAN he?

Welcome back as we continue with the adventures of our friends in Oz (Chapters 12-15) complete with the calming sounds of evening and mind-quieting music. This episode is part of our Family Novel Editions.

Continuing on with our family edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, enjoy our next chapters complete with quieting music and the sounds of evening nature as you drift into a beautiful deep sleep.

Guest Voice Actors: Elisabeth Grace Wilson and Jeremiah Wilson Enjoy a little turn-of-the-last-century magic complete with night sounds and peaceful music all carefully presented to help you drift off into the deep sleep you deserve. Join us next week for the coming chapters of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

Taking a little break from our reading of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, tonight we enjoy one of our most popular author's (at bedtime) Agatha Christie. The Hunter's Lodge case first appeared in 1924 in "The Blue Book Magazine". Enjoy this peaceful reading complete with light music and the sounds of evening nature all designed to help you find deep sleep.

Fall asleep tonight as we continue a genuine bedtime story for children of all ages originally written in 1900. Meet the wizard this evening...while still quieting your brain with evening sounds and music designed to help you find deep sleep. The Wizard of Oz is part of our second "Family Novel Edition" for the families with children who have found our podcast.

Please enjoy our second evening of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chapters 4-7) complete with peaceful music and the lulling sounds of a summer evening. Interested in advertising with us: JamaSmithVoice