Hush Hollow
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Screen-free bedtime stories · in your own voice

Tonight, a story made just for them — read in your voice.

Every evening, a gentle bedtime story written to your child's world arrives in your inbox — as words to read, and audio narrated in your own cloned voice. Even on the nights you can't be there, they hear you.

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No app. No login. It simply arrives by email — every night.
"It's time for sleep, now, so close your eyes as we return to Hush Hollow." The same words open every story — your child's cue to close their eyes
From Hush Hollowtonight · 7:00pm
When the Dark Came Soft
"When the dark came soft, the light clicked low. The day was done. Fox lay under his soft blanket — and there was the dark…"

Why Hush Hollow is different

The whole category gets two things wrong. We built around both.

Read in your own voice

Record sixty seconds once, in your phone's browser. Every story after that is narrated in your voice — or a grandparent's. The one thing AI bedtime stories can't do, and the reason we exist.

Nobody else does this.

Crafted, not slop

Every story is built against a real story-world with a real cast, then run through quality and safety checks — gentle, age-tuned, never scary, never a cliffhanger. No "AI slop," no weird turns.

Made to wind down toward sleep.

Never the same night twice

Monday is kindness, Friday is gentle bravery — a comforting weekly rhythm. But every night rolls a new voice, a new corner of the Hollow, new friends. A child can grow up in it and never hit a repeat.

A full repeat recurs about once every 8 years.

How it works

Three quiet minutes now. A ritual every night after.

1

Record your voice

Read one short, warm passage into your phone — about a minute. We turn it into a gentle narration voice that's yours alone. (Prefer not to? A warm house voice is ready to go.)

2

Just their name

That's all we need — your child's first name. Want a friend in the story too? Add one more name: a sibling, a pet, or a favourite stuffy. No forms, no colour charts — just who's in it.

3

A story arrives at bedtime

Each evening, one story lands in your inbox — words to read on the page, and audio in your voice to simply press play. Lights low, eyes closed, off to the Hollow.

Your inbox is the whole account — there's nothing to install or log into. Want a change? Just reply to any story — "make it shorter," "add baby brother Jack," "more about dinosaurs" — and the next night follows.

Why it matters most

For the nights you can't be there.

A late shift. A work trip. A parent away on training or deployed overseas. Bedtime doesn't pause — and now your child still hears your voice, telling them tonight's story, tucking them into the Hollow. You can be a thousand miles away and still be the one who reads them to sleep.

  • Made with service families in mind. When a parent is away on training or deployment, the nightly story keeps their voice in the room — across any distance or time zone.
  • Screen-free, eyes closed. No glowing tablet at bedtime — just a quiet voice in the dark, and your child's own imagination doing the rest.
  • A gentle lesson, every night. Kindness, sharing, a little bravery — woven into the story in an age-appropriate way, never preached.
Keep your voice at their bedside

Playing tonight — in Mum's voice

Screen off Eyes closed Imagination on

A thousand miles away — still the voice that reads them to sleep.

A world they return to

Welcome to Hush Hollow

A small, bounded valley where it is always the gentle hour before sleep — and the one law is that every creature is a friend. Your child meets the same beloved neighbours, night after night.

Bear

Bear

The keeper of the night

A big, warm, gentle giant whose den always has "room for one more." Bear is safety.

Mrs. Squirrel

Mrs. Squirrel

Everyone's "there now"

A tail like a wrap-around blanket and a soft "there now, little one." She comes to you.

Mr. Crow

Mr. Crow

The wise old one

He has watched every season turn and knows the old songs — and where everything goes at night.

Honey the cat

Honey

The easy friend

The slow trust-blink that means I love you, and a purr that makes any place feel safe.

Wink the star

Wink

The first light out

Small and dreamy, watching kindly over the dark so no one is ever alone in it. "I'll keep the light on."

The Moon

The Moon

Who tucks the world in

The gentle watcher over all of Hush Hollow — a soft glow, and the last goodnight of the night.

…and your child — always the hero, walking the Hollow with a friend by their side. Every story ends the same loved way: "Goodnight, Bear… goodnight, Hush Hollow."

Meet the whole neighbourhood

Ten friends live in Hush Hollow — your child comes to know them all, a few at a time, night after night.

  • BearBearkeeper of the night
  • Mrs. SquirrelMrs. Squirreleveryone's “there now”
  • Mr. CrowMr. Crowthe wise old one
  • Mr. TroutMr. Troutthe pond's deep calm
  • Honey the catHoneythe easy friend
  • RobinRobinthe cheerful one
  • FrogFrogthe splashy shallows
  • Dandelion the snailDandelion“I carry my home with me”
  • Wink the starWinkthe first light out
  • The MoonThe Moonwho tucks the world in

Your child doesn't just hear the story — they're in it. We slip their name into one of the little ones — Fox, Hedgehog, Mouse, Pup or Bunny — so they walk the Hollow as the hero, every single night.

A gentle lesson woven into each night — age-appropriate, and never preached:

Mon Kindness Tue Friendship Wed Helping Thu Sharing Fri Gentle bravery Sat Calm & patience Sun Love & home

Read a real night

Four stories from the Hollow, exactly as written

These are house versions — no child's name woven in yet. Your subscription adds your child by name and reads it in the voice you choose. Same gentle craft, every night.

Ages 2–5 · available now Ages 5–8 · in development Ages 8–11 · in development

The bands overlap on purpose — a five-year-old fits both 2–5 and 5–8 — so you decide when to step up the words and the length, with no hard cut-off. We stop at 11 for now; if you'd love stories for older kids, just tell us.

Kindness · Monday

The Little Lost Light

Two little ones cup a lost firefly in careful hands and carry it home across the Meadow.

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Friendship · Tuesday

Counting the Stars

A soft rhyme on the Hill — two friends and a drowsy cat count the stars until sleep comes.

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Gentle bravery · Friday

When the Dark Came Soft

Bear shows two little ones that the dark is not empty at all — it is cool, and quiet, and kind.

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Love & home · Sunday

Room Under the Tail

Mrs. Squirrel fluffs her tail out like a blanket and gathers them in: "You are loved. You are kept."

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Hear one — "When the Dark Came Soft," in a Hush Hollow house voice

This is our warm house narrator. On a voice tier, the very same story is read in your voice.

Founding-family pricing

Choose how their stories arrive

Start simple and grow into it. One child is one nightly stream — add a second child, or share one story between siblings, any time by reply.

The Bedtime Letter
A new story every night, as words to read aloud yourself.
$7.99/ monthCAD
  • ✓ One gentle story nightly, by email
  • ✓ Set in the world of Hush Hollow
  • ✓ Printable text — you bring the voice
Start the Letter
The House Voice
Every story, read aloud for you in a warm Hush Hollow narrator.
$12.99/ monthCAD
  • ✓ Everything in the Letter, plus audio
  • ✓ Pick a voice: warm woman, gentle man, or grandparent timbre
  • ✓ Press play — screen-free, eyes closed
Choose House Voice
Most loved
Their Own Story
Personalised — your child's name and a companion woven into every night.
$18.99/ monthCAD
  • ✓ Your child by name, as the hero
  • ✓ One friend, if you like — a sibling, pet, or favourite stuffy (optional)
  • ✓ Just the name(s) — nothing else to fill in · house audio
Make it theirs
Coming soon
In Your Voice

The one we're building next: their own story, read aloud in your cloned voice — or a grandparent's. Choose how many nights a month carry your voice, and which ones. "Daddy reads bravery on Fridays." The other nights, the house voice keeps the ritual.

  • ✓ Everything in Their Own Story
  • ✓ Narrated in your real voice
  • ✓ Pick the nights & themes
  • ✓ Multiple voices — split the week
  • ✓ A warm "Daddy reads tonight" heads-up
  • ✓ Keepsake compile, later (optional)

Planned pricing

$51/ monthCAD
12 nights a month in your voice
4 nights30 nights · nightly

Free voice setup is planned for launch. We'll email you the moment it's ready.

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Prices in CAD. Switch to USD with the toggle up top. Cancel any time — just reply "cancel." Read a free sample first →

Made safe, by design

A world without danger

No predators, no prey — only neighbours. Nothing in the Hollow is ever loud, fast, sharp, or frightening.

You're the account holder

A parent provides your child's details and consents — our parental-consent flow is built for COPPA.

Your voice is yours

Your recording is used only to narrate your account's stories, with its own consent line. Ask us to delete it any time.

We don't collect their face

No photos, no avatars. Just a name and a few favourite things. We keep only what a bedtime story needs.

Questions, quietly answered

Before you begin

Is there an app to download?+

No — and that's the point. You record your voice once in your phone's browser, and after that everything arrives by email. Your inbox is your whole account. Reply to any story to change anything, or to pause and cancel.

How does the voice cloning work?+

You read one short, warm passage — about a minute — into your phone. We use that to build a private narration voice that's yours alone, then use it to read your child's stories aloud. The more carefully you read in a quiet room, the lovelier it sounds. A grandparent or partner can record their own voice too, and take certain nights of the week.

I have two children — how does that work?+

Two ways. Give each child their own nightly stream (their own name, their own story), or choose one shared story where both children are the heroes together — one story, both names, a little gentler on the budget. A reply on Sally's story only ever changes Sally's; a reply on Johnny's only changes his.

Won't the stories get repetitive?+

The lesson repeats on a comforting weekly rhythm — Monday kindness, Friday gentle bravery — but the telling never does. Each week brings a new narrator's voice, a new corner of the Hollow, a new shape, and new friends, all on independent cycles. A child can grow up inside it and effectively never meet a repeat.

Is it actually good — or AI slop?+

Every story is authored against a fixed story-world bible and run through quality and safety passes — gentle, age-tuned, never scary, never a cliffhanger. The whole product exists because the category was failing on quality and on the one thing it can't fake: a parent's voice.

Can I change or cancel?+

Any time, by reply. "Make it shorter," "add our dog Biscuit," "more space, less water," "pause for a week," or simply "cancel" — the next night follows your lead. No dashboards, no dark patterns.

Tonight, in your voice.

Record sixty seconds. Tell us about your child. Tomorrow evening, the first story arrives — and you're there, even if you're not.

Begin your child's story