Dern Grim Bedtime Tales, Few Of Which End Well, are intended to be Morally Instructive To The Listener, as well as Therapeutically Cathartic For The Reader (and the Writer). Most are short, and can be read aloud in two to three minutes. Some take five to ten minutes to read aloud; some, less than one minute. Other Stories may be longer, and for slightly older audiences. All are suitable for adults, particularly parents, also aunts, uncles and grandparents.