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 (up to about 74 minutes, so as to fit in an audio CD, or if longer, split in parts). There is no need to "sign-up" before recording, as long as the work is clearly in the public domain. If you have any doubts, feel free to ask. 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. Take a look at the various collections in this forum and decide which collection your story would work best in. .
New to recording?
Please read the Newbie Guide to Recording and do a short test recording just to make sure that all your settings are OK. Read this post carefully and refer back to it. It has all the information you need to submit a recording successfully. .
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. .
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.
Previous Short Ghost and Horror Collections can be found here - duplicate versions are fine, though not in the same volume. .
BEFORE recording:
Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz (44100 Hz)
Channels: 1 (Mono) .
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], [adding if you wish: location / date]"
Say: "[Story title] by [Author name]."
End of recording
At the end of the section, say:
“End of [Story Title]"
If you wish, and haven't already, say: "Recording by [your name], [adding if you wish: location / date]"
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording! .
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). Audacity (Mac/Win) offers a much improved noise-cleaning function. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. .
Save files as 128 kbps MP3
File Name: (lower case, separated by underscores): ghohor049_shorttitleinoneword-noarticles_authorslastname_readersinitials_128kb.mp3, e.g. ghohor049_roomintower_benson_ce_128kb.mp3 .
ID3 tags
Not needed for this project. (You may put "Recorded by [your name]" in the comments section if you wish)
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Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: http://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin) You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: Rapunzelina .
When your upload is complete, you will receive a link. Please click "Post Reply" at the top left of this thread, and post the link there, including the following information:
The title and author of the work.
A link to the text that you used.
The length of your recording in minutes and seconds mm:ss
If this is your first recording for LibriVox, please give us your name as you'd like it to appear in the catalog (that is, either your real name or some pseudonym). We can also link to a personal web site/blog.
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!
Note: I accidentally uploaded a file with a typo in the file name (HALLFAX instead of HALIFAX).
These are the last of my 8 submissions for this collection.
Hopefully I haven't bungled it again this time. *sheepish* Regardless, I love how regularly you put these collections together, Rapunzelina. It's great fun!
I have downloaded the files for PL, to give Alix a headstart in case she's joining us later.
Alix if you see this, let me know if you've started listening to anything so that we don't do double the work
Hey everyone, just to check in and say that I'm here but having a busy couple of weeks in the day job - will hopefully have time to make a start on these in the next few days.
As always Rapunzelina, please do step in if I'm being too slow.
Thanks!
Suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.
Jake the dog
alixsquish wrote: ↑January 11th, 2021, 10:48 am
As always Rapunzelina, please do step in if I'm being too slow.
Thanks!
I have downloaded the files and started listening, but not because you're being slow, (you're definitely not being slow!) but because I, on the other hand, have a couple of days off from work and don't have anything else to do just now, so I thought I'd give you a headstart
A couple of PL Notes as there is a repetition from 8:38 to 9:32, repeating the text starting at around 7:47.
The volume is a bit on the soft side, so it can take about 6 dB amplification.
And optionally you can cut the disclaimer at the end, since it's included in the intro. At the end, just "End of The Festival" is enough.
I'm glad we didn't have to wait long for this story Thank you for adding it to the collection
Tsinaymel wrote: ↑January 9th, 2021, 12:23 pm
These are the last of my 8 submissions for this collection.
These are all PL OK. Do you have another book or set of stories in mind next?
Thanks for the update! Glad that software difficulty is behind me. I am looking around for material. Got my eye on a collection of folk tales and maybe another ghostly colection.
A couple of PL Notes as there is a repetition from 8:38 to 9:32, repeating the text starting at around 7:47.
The volume is a bit on the soft side, so it can take about 6 dB amplification.
And optionally you can cut the disclaimer at the end, since it's included in the intro. At the end, just "End of The Festival" is enough.
I'm glad we didn't have to wait long for this story Thank you for adding it to the collection
All taken care of: trimmed the repeated section, upped the volume, and cut the disclaimer at the end.
Happy to get this in and grateful for the guidance. This is one of my favorite of his shorter pieces-- very moody, and the old man has shades of 'Whisperer in Darkness' about him. *shivers*
Do you have another book or set of stories in mind next?