[COMPLETE: Ebenezer's Casket by J. U. Giesy & Junius B. Smith - jo

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flavo5000
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Ebenezer's Casket, by John Ulrich Giesy (1877 - 1947) and Junius B. Smith (1883 - 1945)

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/ebenezers-casket-by-giesy-and-smith/

Ebenezer Clay isn't sick. He isn't suicidal. Despite that, he is absolutely sure that he will die tonight at 11:01 pm. The trouble is that no one else seems to believe him. Check out this unusual story of human interest originally published in the pages of Weird Tales magazine. (Summary by Ben Tucker)
Source text (please read only from this text!):
Part 1: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV03n04192404/page/n5/mode/2up
Part 2: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTales1924050607ATLPM/page/n37/mode/2up

Target completion date:

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Genres for the project: Crime & Mystery Fiction

Keywords that describe the book:

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Ebenezer's Casket. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Ebenezer's Casket, by John Ulrich Giesy and Junius B. Smith. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Ebenezer's Casket, by John Ulrich Giesy and Junius B. Smith. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Ebenezer's Casket, by John Ulrich Giesy and Junius B. Smith."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: ebenezerscasket_##_giesy_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. ebenezerscasket_01_giesy_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
Last edited by flavo5000 on July 8th, 2022, 1:58 pm, edited 4 times in total.
flavo5000
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Post by flavo5000 »

This is one of only two Weird Tales serials that I couldn't find any kind of description of what it was about (hence the lack of genre tag and summary). As such my curiosity got the better of me and I had to tackle it. :)
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I will DPL if you would like.
Christine
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Post by flavo5000 »

brownrottger wrote: July 7th, 2022, 7:26 am I will DPL if you would like.
Christine
Sure, thanks! Now we just need some kind admin to grant me a MW. This should be a quick one.
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Post by brownrottger »

flavo5000 wrote: July 7th, 2022, 7:41 am
brownrottger wrote: July 7th, 2022, 7:26 am I will DPL if you would like.
Christine
Sure, thanks! Now we just need some kind admin to grant me a MW. This should be a quick one.
Ok I am with you.
Christine
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I'll set this up for you. MW will be up shortly.
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And we're off! I've got the MW setup and the first two chapters ready for PL!
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Chapter 1, just 2 notes:
9:01 should be "and with its fading would come the last night"; I heard "and with its fading would come the last light"
9:54 remove the throat clear.
Thanks!
Christine
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Chapter 2 is PL Ok!
Thanks!
Christine
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brownrottger wrote: July 7th, 2022, 4:18 pm Chapter 1, just 2 notes:
9:01 should be "and with its fading would come the last night"; I heard "and with its fading would come the last light"
9:54 remove the throat clear.
Thanks!
Christine
Chapter 1 should be fixed now.
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Chapter 1 is PL Ok!
Thanks!
Christine
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Chapter 3 is PL Ok!
Thanks!
Christine
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