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Pick a setting (forest, river, stone cottage, train), a tone, and a length. Get a printable, deliberately boring short story to read at lights‑out.
Most "sleep stories" are mini‑audio dramas with arcs. They keep you listening. This composer builds deliberately flat stories — interesting enough to follow, slow enough to lose interest.
If you read it twice, it's working — you don't remember it the second time. If you remember details, the tone was probably too sharp.
Stories don't fix insomnia on their own. Pair with the Wind‑Down Composer.
Dialogue keeps the language center active, which keeps you awake. Internal monologue is gentler.
Stories about "you" can raise evaluation. A character keeps the distance gentle.