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Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection Vol. 033

This project is complete and all audio files can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/short-ghost-and-horror-story-collection-vol-033-by-various/



NEW READERS: Please read the Newbie Guide to Recording and do a short test recording before submitting here, just to make sure that all your settings are OK. Then please read this post carefully and refer back to it. It has all the information you need to submit a recording successfully.
  1. How to submit a story, and 'how it all works' here
    Please select and record any short ghost or horror story in the public domain. Try to stick to works that run less than 60 minutes. There is no need to "sign-up" before recording... as long as the work is clearly in the public domain, just start recording. Multiple versions are always welcome, so don't worry whether someone else has recorded your selection already; we're happy to hear your version too. :)

    A ghost or horror story should have something of an otherworldly or gruesome nature at its core. (Preferably, it should be nominally fictional, but there are enough 'true' ghost stories that will be accepted into this collection as well.) Take a look at the various collections in this forum and decide which collection your story would work best in. You can find suggestions here.

    Please note that a lot of Lovecraft's work is still under copyright - there's a thread here that has an up-to-date list of confirmed PD stories.


    Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which story you are submitting to the collection. Please include all this information:

    • link to the text source
    • author name
    • title of the story
    • duration (runtime) of the file
    • if this is your first recording: how you would like to be listed in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal web site/blog.

    Read points 5. to 7. below for what to do before, during and after your recording, and how to send your file.
  2. New to recording?
    Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording!
  3. Is there a deadline?
    No. This collection will be open until it is full (20 stories have been submitted), at which point another one may be started.
  4. Where can I find horror and ghost stories?
    A good source for ghost and horror stories is https://web.archive.org/web/20141105215835/http://www.classichorrorstories.com/. Of course there will also be bunches on Gutenberg.

    Previous Short Ghost and Horror Collections can be found here - duplicate versions are fine, though not in the same volume.
  5. BEFORE recording:
    Please check the Recording Notes:
    http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

    Set your recording software to:
    Bit Rate: 128 kbps
    Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
  6. DURING recording:
    Leave no more than 0.5-1 second of silence at the beginning of your file.
    Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
    Start of recording (Intro)
    • "[Story title] by [Author name]. - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name]"
    • Say:
      "[Story title] by [Author name]."
    End of recording
    • At the end of the section, say:
      End of [Story Title]"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
  7. AFTER recording:
    Need noise-cleaning?
    Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some background noise, you may want to clean it up a bit (optional).

    The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.

    Save files as
    128 kbps MP3
    File Name: (lower case, separated by underscores):

    ghohor033_shorttitleinoneword_author_readersinitials_128kb.mp3, e.g. ghohor033_roomintower_benson_ce_128kb.mp3

    ID3 V2 tags
    (To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/What_is_ID3)
    Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!

    - Title/Name: [Story Title] (e.g. The Room in the Tower)
    - Artist: [Author Name] (e.g. E.F. Benson)
    - Album: LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection Vol. 033

    Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.

    Transfer of files (completed recordings)
    Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
    Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.

Please don't download files belonging to projects in process (unless you are the BC or PL). Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

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Post by Carolin »

i am continuing the short ghost and horror story collection. this volume 33 is now open for business :)
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Post by smturner639 »

Hello,

I'd like to take a chapter. Here is the information and recording for review :) I've been recovering from a cough and am worried it's a little breathy, but couldn't figure out how to adjust that without losing the overall sound. Please let me know if you feel adjustments are needed and have any suggestions!

Link to the text source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130508182156/http://www.classichorrorstories.com/texts/poe/telltale.txt
Author name: Edgar Allan Poe
Title of the story: The Tell-Tale Heart
Duration (runtime) of the file: 14:26
Recorded by: Z. Z. Turner
Recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/ghohor033_thetelltaleheart_edgarallanpoe_zzt_128kb.mp3

Thank you,

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Post by Carolin »

Thank you so much :thumbs:
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Post by rafeball »

Hi Carolin!

I've uploaded an E.F. Benson story that's just entered the public domain:

Link to text source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064787649;view=1up;seq=111
Author: E.F. Benson
Title: Negotium Perambulans
Duration: 43:47
Recorded by: Rafe Ball
Recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/ghohor033_negotiumperambulans_benson_rb_128kb.mp3

Many thanks,

Rafe
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Thank you :thumbs:
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Post by Timothy Ferguson »

Rafe, may I congratulate you? I couldn't find a version of "Negotium Perambulans" that went into the PD before 1924, but Hathi Trust says 1923, so, well played.
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Post by kparvaun »

Hello! Here's one I just uploaded. I hope everything's in order.

Link to the text source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130508192152/http://www.classichorrorstories.com/texts/schoolstory.txt
Author name: M. R. James
Title of the story: A School Story
Duration: 15:56
Recorded by: Kivaun
Recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/ghohor033_aschoolstory_james_khp_128kb.mp3

Have a great day.
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Post by Carolin »

Hi kivaun, thanks for the story. I cant find a year on the text. Where did you confirm that the text is from 1923 or older? Thank you!
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Timothy Ferguson wrote: January 28th, 2019, 6:01 am Rafe, may I congratulate you? I couldn't find a version of "Negotium Perambulans" that went into the PD before 1924, but Hathi Trust says 1923, so, well played.
Thanks Timothy - yes, I was eagerly awaiting the calendar flipping over to open up 1923 texts for recording :-) E.F. Benson’s collections “Visible and Invisible”, "And the Dead Spake—", and “The Horror Horn” should all now be fair game.
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Carolin wrote: January 28th, 2019, 11:35 pm Hi kivaun, thanks for the story. I cant find a year on the text. Where did you confirm that the text is from 1923 or older? Thank you!
I'm not the OP, but http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9629
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Post by Carolin »

Thank you timothy :thumbs:

I will add the gutenberg edition as source and ask our future dpl to check against it.
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I have a story but it ran to more than 60 minutes (65:08). Can you use it, or should I split it and set it up as a solo project?
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65 minutes is still okay for this collection :thumbs:
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Carolin wrote: February 7th, 2019, 10:42 pm 65 minutes is still okay for this collection :thumbs:
Great! I have uploaded it:
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/ghohor033_pledgeddead_hyne_aw_128kb.mp3
Duration 65:08

Pledged to the Dead by Seabury Quinn

Link to Author
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabury_Quinn

PG Link to etext:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32514

Recorded by Alan Winterrowd
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