Bedtime Stories for Insomniacs - Presented by Rich Hosek

Bedtime Stories for Insomniacs - Presented by Rich Hosek

Fresh, new, original stories every week. Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Suspense and more! Sign up for the Insomniacs Snoozeletter at https://bedtimestories.studio/snoozeletter

Episodes

December 16, 2025 24 mins

People often say they are struck by Cupid's arrow when they fall in love at first sight. The truth is, much of how our brains process emotions—like love and hate—is still a mystery. 
For example, what causes us to hate someone whom we were once passionately in love with. Is the line between love and hate so thin? So fragile, that all it takes is a little push to move from one to the other...

Mark as Played

Archeology is the study of past civilizations. But what have they really left behind for us to understand besides crumbling building and monuments? Their garbage. The detritus of an age long since forgotten.
But there's a lot we can learn from the debris of ancient peoples, for that's where the real stories are preserved. The tales of love and loss, of roads not taken, the stories we writ...

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December 2, 2025 29 mins

Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. From your computer, to your car, to your toaster, it promises to make your life easier.
But what is the true cost behind turning over so much of our personal and professional lives to an algorithm we really know nothing about?

sf humor ai
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April 29, 2025 26 mins

Everyone loves magic. A good magician can make you forget it's a trick. Some are so good, one could wonder if they really are magic.
Jeff the Magician is happy doing birthday parties, gigs at local restaurants and spending time with his son. He always worked alone and thought he always would. But that and the rest of his life is all about to change.

fantasy
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April 22, 2025 30 mins

There are many things about sleep that are still a mystery. Some people claim they can control their dreams, or even catch glimpses of the future. 
But what if dreaming is more than a state of mind? What if there's an actual place your consciousness goes to while you're asleep. A place where anything is possible…

horror fantasy
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Max Fathom is a self-described Simulation Hacker. He has come to the conclusion that our world—in fact, our entire universe—is nothing more than an massively elaborate computer program, and we are all just bits of code in some cosmic video game.
Most of his friends pass off his world view as a harmless eccentricity. That is until they find themselves at its mercy.

humor sim
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December 17, 2024 28 mins

What is it about the full moon that inspires so many different things. A romantic evening illuminated by its silvery light can be the setting for a heartwarming love story. But hospital emergency rooms claim it's a time that marks an increase in their business.
The full moon can also be a harbinger of things of a more malevolent nature. Creatures you wouldn't want to come upon…

By the Lig...

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October 31, 2024 20 mins

Some people love Halloween. The costumes, the candy, children parading to your front door begging for treats.
Harrison Hardigan is not one of those people.
However, he is about to be given a rare gift, a chance to examine the choices and experiences that have made him the man he is, and hopefully learn from them. But will it be enough to make him change?

ghost humor
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October 1, 2024 22 mins

Who doesn’t like a campfire story? Those scary tales told by the dying light of burning logs that leave us lying in our sleeping bags, eyes open, wondering if maybe it wasn’t just a story… 
Like this tale, about a man, alone in a cabin in the woods, who opens his door to a stranger with a strange legend to share that turns out to be more than just a tall tale.
So, lay another log on the fi...

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September 24, 2024 29 mins

Leap day comes but once every 1461 days. It is a quirk of our calendar based on the discrepancy between the time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun versus the number of times it spins on its axis.
Most people think it's just one extra ordinary day, but what if instead, it is an extraordinary day. One on which those who have it as a birthday can do something magical.

fantasy<...
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September 19, 2024 21 mins

Everyone loves a good time travel story. We even have a fondness for the bad ones. There's something about the idea of being able to travel backwards and forward through time that is appealing.

But is it really possible? Scientists tell us no, but wouldn't we rather live in a world where Jean Claude Van Damme is policing the timeline and keeping us safe?

sf humor
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September 17, 2024 20 mins

Dreams are a great mystery of the human mind. Many people believe that they give us a glimpse into our true selves. Some even believe they can foretell the future.

Every once in a while you find yourself in one that seems so real you can't tell it's a dream. Which begs the question, what if what you think of as real life is really the dream?

fantasy
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September 12, 2024 38 mins

A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day.

To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit:
JamesHosek.com
Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included.

The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your life!

novel, sports
...
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September 11, 2024 22 mins

My interview with guest author Jody J. Sperling, author of "In the Garden of End Times" on the Bedtime Stories for Insomniacs fiction podcast as well as many novels and other books.

Check out his Luke in Time mysteries!

You can find his books at https://jodyjsperling.com

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Have you ever seen a man on a busy street corner, or perhaps on the side of a highway, maybe in the crowd at a stadium, holding up a sign saying, "The end is nigh"? You might assume he's crazy.
But what if he's not? What if the end of days is just around the corner, waiting for that final sign, something innocuous, the last piece of a hidden puzzle dropping into place. Perhaps it's as sim...

Mark as Played
September 5, 2024 50 mins

A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day.

To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit:
JamesHosek.com
Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included.

The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your life!

novel, sports
...
Mark as Played
August 29, 2024 37 mins

A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day.

To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit:
JamesHosek.com
Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included.

The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your life!

novel, sports
...
Mark as Played
August 27, 2024 19 mins

A special presentation of one of my stories as produced by another fiction podcast, The Other Stories

It seems everywhere you go these days, people are talking about AI, Artificial Intelligence, how it’s going to take over many jobs humans do now.
Are we taking a risk giving potentially sentient algorithms access to not only our accumulated knowledge, but in some cases, the means to co...

Mark as Played
August 22, 2024 30 mins

A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day.

To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit:
JamesHosek.com
Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included.

The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your life!

novel, sports
...
Mark as Played
August 15, 2024 31 mins

A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day.

To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit:
JamesHosek.com
Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included.

The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your life!

novel, sports
...
Mark as Played

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