Hey, my name's Otis Gray, and you're listening to Sleepy.

A podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep, and this is a midweek short story for you.

Okay. this is a midweek short story for you. Hope you've been sleeping well this January.

I know I have.

Tonight I'm going to keep it running with this wonderful collection of Oscar Wild

short stories that I've been reading. I've got a brand new Oscar Wilde short stories that I've been reading.

I've got a brand new Oscar Wild short story for you tonight that I think you're going to like.

And before we get to the reading, I just want to profoundly thank all of our patrons on patreon.com.

You are incredible. So if you are a part of making

the show, thank you so, so, so much. And if you're listening and you have no idea what

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friend James Lepkowski and the cover art for Sleepy is by Gracie Kainan.

I've got a lovely little story for you tonight.

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