[COMPLETE] The Intoxicated Ghost by Bates - availle

[ppcunningham]

The Intoxicated Ghost And Other Stories by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page:
https://librivox.org/the-intoxicated-ghost-and-other-stories-by-arlo-bates/

A charming collection of short stories, dealing with ghosts, magic, and other-worldly events that even the faint of heart will enjoy.

1. The Intoxicated Ghost - a woman tries to outsmart a ghost to save the family from financial ruin.
2. A Problem In Portraiture - can a man's portrait influence the man he becomes?
3. Knitters In The Sun - will a father's curse keep two lovers apart?
4. A Comedy In Crape - the death of the town playboy causes a dispute over who is entitled to be chief mourner
5. A Meeting Of The Psychical Club - who is the hooded stranger, and are his powers real?
6. Tim Calligan's Grave-Money - a poor man's final sacrifice
7. Miss Gaylord and Jenny - who will ultimately be George's bride, Alice or her alter-ego?
8. Dr. Polnitzski - a man in a no-win situation and his resolution
9. In The Virginia Room - a Southern woman visits a Confederate War Museum on the anniversary of her husband's death and meets a Northerner. Can she forgive?

( ppcunningham)

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[ppcunningham]

This is a revival of a long abandoned solo that has a MW set up, but no files were ever recorded.

I'm re opening it as a group project.

Patti

[Availle]

How cute - I'll take it on! Give me a moment to find the old MW...

Okay, MW is in place. For your information, here's the summary from the old reader, but it seems to be about the first story only?

Irene has discovered through her mothers side the of the family that she can see ghosts. She is visited by an school friend who needs Irene's help. Irene is trying to be as "normal" as possible, yet is able to help others. (Summary by Christina Webb)

We don't need id3 tags for this type of project anymore, so I've deleted this info. Everything else looks good!

[ppcunningham]

....here's the summary from the old reader, but it seems to be about the first story only?

Yes, the reader was new and I think she didn't realize what she was taking on, and thought it was just the one story, not a whole book.

The stories are lengthy, but fairly easy reads.

Lots of good stories!

Patti

[ArleneJoyce]

Looks like fun! Are you looking for a DPL?

[ppcunningham]

Of course!

All yours, if you want it.

Since the sections all have high word counts, this one could take a while -


Patti

[Availle]

Arlene entered as DPL - thank you!

Yes, the stories are very long. Actually, the old project had 35 sections, one for each subsection of every story, I presume.

Good luck with this one, in any case!

[ppcunningham]

I've updated the first post to include descriptions of each story.

I would like one reader to commit to each story.
I've updated the MW to indicate that each story can be broken up into multiple sections, at the reader's option, for readers (like myself) who are more comfortable recording several smaller sections rather than one gigantic one.

Patti

[Availle]

I've updated the MW to indicate that each story can be broken up into multiple sections, at the reader's option, for readers (like myself) who are more comfortable recording several smaller sections rather than one gigantic one.

I don't think it's a good idea to do that retrospectively, because we will run into problems with filenames (for example, I read story 4 in its entirety, upload it and everything's fixed, and then somebody comes along and needs 6 sections for the second story...) and possibly the intro/outro (section xx of...) If you want to break up sections, you should that before you have any readers committed.

[Hepburn2015]

Hello everyone!

I would love to read sections 3,4, 8 and 9 in their entirety.

I will upload them all by a week from Wednesday, if that is alright.

Have a lovely day!

All the best,

Saskia

[ppcunningham]

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but as you appear to be brand new here, we need to take this one step at a time.

First you must submit a one-minute test, so that we can check your recording specifications.
The instructions can be found here: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/1-Minute_Test

After that, I suggest you try recording a small project, like a poem or short section of 1,000 words or less, so you can see if this is really something you enjoy and want to pursue.
Most people don't realize that recording and editing are very time consuming. It can take several hours for each finished hour.

When you have done this, then come back, and we can take it one chapter at a time.

Patti

[2peltons]

May I claim sections 5 and 6?

Thanks,
Mike

[ppcunningham]

Certainly, Mike.

Would you like to break each story into sections, or keep them as one section each?

[2peltons]

Section 05 has been uploaded with a time of 31:51.
https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/intoxicatedghost_05_bates_128kb.mp3

Mike

[ppcunningham]

Great, Mike - thanks!

Patti