Who Wrote Hiding In The Devil'S Bed And What Inspired It?

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Found out that 'Mated To The Devil's Son: Rejected To Be Yours' was published on May 27, 2021, and for some reason that date sticks with me like a bookmark. I dove into the serial as soon as it went live and watched the comment threads grow from a few tentative fans to a whole cheering section within weeks. The original release was serialized online, which meant chapters rolled out over time and people kept speculating about plot twists, character backstories, and shipping wars in the thread — it felt electric. After the initial web serialization, there was a small compiled release later on for readers who wanted to binge, but that first publication date — May 27, 2021 — is the one the community always circles on anniversaries. I still love going back to the earliest chapters to see how the writing evolved, how side characters got fleshed out, and how fan art blossomed around certain scenes. That original drop brought a lot of readers together, and even now, seeing posts celebrating that May release makes me smile and a little nostalgic.

I've sung all kinds of nursery rhymes to little cousins and neighborhood kids, and 'Ten in a Bed' definitely travels well — in one form or another it shows up in lots of languages. Picture-book editions and children’s music collections often translate or adapt it: Spanish versions typically show up as 'Diez en la cama' or 'Diez en la cama', French as 'Dix dans un lit', German as 'Zehn in einem Bett', Dutch as 'Tien in een bed', and Portuguese as 'Dez na cama'. You can also find Nordic variants like Swedish 'Tio i sängen' and Danish/Norwegian 'Ti i sengen', and Slavic renditions such as Russian 'Десять в кровати' or Polish 'Dziesięć w łóżku'. Beyond literal translations, many editions make cultural or rhythmic changes — sometimes the ten are teddy bears, animals, or even little boats, because the syllable count and rhyme scheme need tweaking in other tongues. Penny Dale’s illustrated board-book 'Ten in a Bed' has been adapted worldwide, and the melody/chanting style often gets preserved in audio/video versions on YouTube or streaming playlists. If you’re hunting for a specific language, I usually search for "'Ten in a Bed'" plus the language name (or try native-script keywords like 'Десять в кровати' for Russian), and check library catalogues, bilingual nursery rhyme books, or international children’s music channels. If you like tinkering, translating as you sing is fun: swap in local number words and a familiar bedtime object, and it still works. It’s one of those songs that teaches counting and sharing a laugh — and it’s delightful to hear it in a language you’re learning or to teach kids a number in another tongue.

On slow mornings when the rug smells faintly of crayons and someone’s still in pajamas, I like to turn 'Ten in the Bed' into a tiny ritual of discovery. Start with the song and ten small toys or stuffed animals lined up on a blanket. I sing the verse once through and then pause to have the kids show me how many are left after one “rolls out.” That pause is gold: it’s where counting, hands-on subtraction, and prediction happen. After a few rounds, I ask different kids to be the counter, to place the toys on a ten-frame (or two five-frames) so they can see the pattern of “one less” each time. I vary the activity by using a dice or a spinner — sometimes two animals tumble out, and we practice saying “ten minus two equals eight” but in playful language: “Oh no, two tumbled! How many are still snuggling?” I also layer in movement: for older groups we count backwards from ten while doing jumping jacks, and for very young learners I let them press down a finger on a hand chart each verse. Beyond the counting itself, I tie it to drawing and emergent writing. Kids draw a bed and write numerals, or we make a class book called 'How Many Are Left?' with photos from our circle time. I watch for who can subitize on the ten-frame, who needs one-to-one correspondence practice, and who’s ready to write equations. It’s cozy, repeatable, and surprisingly revealing of a child’s number sense — plus no one minds singing the chorus again.

I get oddly nostalgic when I think about nursery rhymes—there’s something about a bouncing chorus that makes a day feel softer. If you’re hunting for video takes on 'Ten in a Bed', the ones that get shared the most fall into a few recognizable camps. Big YouTube nursery-rhyme channels typically have slick, sing-along animations: think bright, looping backgrounds and cute animal characters that tumble out of a bed one by one. Channels that specialize in kids’ sing-alongs—like 'Super Simple Songs' or 'Little Baby Bum'—usually do a version that’s perfect for toddlers because it’s rhythmic and visual-counting friendly. Then there are read-aloud/bookish adaptations. The picture-book 'Ten in a Bed' by Penny Dale has been turned into storytime videos and read-alouds where the narrator flips through the illustrations while adding gentle sound effects. Those feel cozier and are great for bedtime. I’ve also seen puppet and live-action preschool segments—local TV blocks and small theater groups sometimes stage a short, physical-performance version with plush toys or soft puppets, and those have an old-school charm. If you want something quirkier, indie animators sometimes make short stop-motion versions using plushies or Lego, which are fun for slightly older kids. If you’re choosing one to play for a little one, think about whether you want interaction (sing-along subtitles or counting prompts), calmness (soft narration), or silly energy (bouncy animation). Personally, the animated sing-alongs are my go-to for car rides, while the book read-aloud versions win for bedtime. Each style brings its own small magic, and I like to mix them up depending on the mood.

I get a little giddy when nursery rhymes turn up in unexpected places, and 'Ten in the Bed' is one of those tunes that’s been reinvented a bunch of times. From what I’ve tracked down, it’s mostly been tackled by children’s-music performers and folk singers who like to rework nursery material — think performers in the vein of The Wiggles and Raffi, and classic kids’ acts like Sharon, Lois & Bram. These versions usually keep the sing-along core but change the instrumentation, tempo, or vocal harmonies to suit a modern audience or a particular show. Beyond those obvious kids’ performers, you’ll find fresh arrangements scattered across compilation albums, TV bedtime segments, and indie musicians on Bandcamp or YouTube who treat it as a short canvas for new textures — ukulele-driven bossa nova, minimalist piano, or even playful brass band takes. If you want to pin down exactly who rearranged what, check album liner notes, Discogs pages, Spotify credits, and official YouTube uploads; many uploads will list the arranger or producer in the description. I dug through a few compilations and found small choir and preschool-TV versions that explicitly credit arrangers, which is where you’ll see the ‘new arrangement’ credit most often. If you want, tell me whether you’re after classic children’s recordings, TV versions, or indie reinterpretations, and I’ll help narrow it down.

There's something a little wicked about film music when you start listening for the tiny, almost sneaky things composers tuck away. I can lose an evening tracing how a single violin gesture in 'Psycho' slices attention into panic, or how the two-note insistence in 'Jaws' is basically a masterclass in economy — fewer notes, more terror. Late at night with headphones on, I’ve found myself rewinding the shower scene just to hear the bowing nuances and the way those strings are mic'd so close you feel like you’re in the room with Norman Bates; those production choices are the real devilish flourishes. Other scores hide their mischief in texture and placement rather than in obvious themes. Jonny Greenwood’s work on 'There Will Be Blood' uses dissonant strings and metal-on-bow sounds that feel like anxiety incarnate; the timbre choices create nausea more than melody does. Hans Zimmer on 'Dunkirk' and 'Inception' plays with time and perception: a ticking pocket watch layered into the orchestra, or the stretched horn motif turned into seismic low brass — those are structural details that manipulate how we perceive on-screen time. Then there are films that weaponize silence and environment — the Coen brothers’ minimal soundworld in 'No Country for Old Men' is brilliant because the absence of music makes every creak, footstep, and distant engine scream louder. It’s not always about adding; sometimes it’s about choosing where not to put sound. I also get giddy over scores that blend electronics and acoustic elements in sly ways. The human-robot dusk of 'Blade Runner' by Vangelis is full of synth textures that sit like fog under the mix, while Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network' and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' build atmospheres from tiny processed noises and modular hums that feel like the soundtrack of someone’s nervous system. And on the creepier end, the use of 'Tubular Bells' in 'The Exorcist' shows how a pre-existing piece can be reframed through editing and placement to become sinister. Those are the moments that make me turn the volume down and grin — because good film music doesn’t just accompany the image, it rearranges how you hear the whole film world.

I get excited whenever someone brings up that ‘devil’s in the details’ idea — it’s basically my favorite tiny truth about writing. Over the years I’ve seen lots of authors talk about the exact same approach in interviews: not always using that exact phrase, but insisting that small, concrete details are where voice and believability live. If you want places that reliably dive into that mindset, start with long-form craft interviews in outlets like 'The Paris Review' (their Art of Fiction interviews are a goldmine) and conversations in 'The New Yorker' or 'The Guardian'. Folks like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and George R.R. Martin consistently stress how tiny, sensory specifics lift a scene. Beyond big names, there are loads of podcast conversations and recorded Q&As where writers talk in practical terms — think NPR's shows, BBC book segments, and craft-oriented podcasts where interviewers push for nuts-and-bolts techniques. Stephen King’s book 'On Writing' isn’t an interview, but it reads like a long chat and is full of those ‘detail matters’ lessons; similarly, Ursula K. Le Guin’s essays and interviews often dig into why precision matters in speculative detail. If you’re hunting for explicit mentions of the phrase itself, try searching interviews with those writers plus the phrase "devil in the details" — you’ll turn up both direct usages and a ton of discussion that amounts to the same thing. I usually skim interviews for specific examples — an author describing a single object, a repeated sensory image, or how they trimmed a scene — because that’s where you see the approach in action. If you want, I can point you to a few specific interview transcripts or podcast episodes that illustrate the tactic in depth.