Our story tonight is called The Secret Stair, and it’s a story about a costume party on Halloween night at the Inn. It’s also about the bonfire down by the lake, a whiskered face at the window, a mystery waiting in the library and a reminder of what is sacred and worth your attention and what is not.
Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Everyone in Which Nothing Much Happens.
You feel good and then you fall asleep.
I'm Catherine Nikolai.
I read and write all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens with audio engineering by Bob Wittersheim.
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Now, this is where I usually tell you that I have a simple story for you where not much happens to keep your mind cozily occupied while your body drops off.
But I'm going to be honest, I wrote a really long, involved Halloween story for you tonight.
I went a little crazy.
It's longer than the big wedding story from last year.
I think Sycamore put a spell on me.
Still, you're going to fall asleep just listening to the sound of my voice and resting your attention on the shape of the story.
As always, I'll tell it twice and I'll go a little slower the second time through.
If you wake later in the night, turn it back on.