[COMPLETE][Short Stories]The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 10 July 1896 - kit

[Kitty]

The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 10 July 1896 by Various ( - 0).

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project https://librivox.org/black-cat-01-10-jul1896-by-various/

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.<br>
This is the tenth issue, offering 5 more stories:<br>
"On the last trail", by H. W. Phillips and Rupert Hughes / ''A message from where ?", by L. Francis Bishop / "The man with the box", by George W. Tripp / "What the moon saw", by Isabelle Meredith / "In Miss Polly's pew", by Ellen Frizzell Wycoff (Sonia)

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[Kitty]

It's time to start a new issue of the Black Cat

As always, I want to keep this as a one-story-per-reader-project so we can have the maximum of voices in each magazine.

Looking forward to the new contributions.

Sonia

[RitaBoutros]

May I claim section 1? Thank you

[Kitty]

May I claim section 1? Thank you

yay, happy to have you in here again, Rita Section 1 is yours, thanks !

Sonia

[RitaBoutros]

Little question:

In the instructions above, it says to save, with the file number as "1", instead of 01 as we usually do. Can you clarify? Many thanks

[MManolakes]

I'd like to claim Section 3

Mike

[Kitty]

In the instructions above, it says to save, with the file number as "1", instead of 01 as we usually do. Can you clarify?

yes this is correct, as it's less than 10 sections we don't need the leading 0. Similarly, when there are more than 100 sections, we need two 00, f.ex. _001_

It's been like this in all the Black Cats so far

Sonia

[Kitty]

I'd like to claim Section 3

of course, thank you Mike. Glad you are coming back for another round

Sonia

[smithjeanb]

Can I claim section 4?

[Kitty]

Can I claim section 4?

hurray, welcome to the Black Cat club, Jean. I'm happy that there is a story to your liking. I'll sign you up. Thanks

Sonia

[JulieB3]

Could I claim Section 5, please?

[Kitty]

Could I claim Section 5, please?

you don't want to miss one issue, I see thank you, Julie, signing you up now

Sonia

[MManolakes]

Section 3, "The Man with the Box", duration 33:21

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/blackcat0110jul1896_3_varioius_128kb.mp3

Mike

[Kitty]

Section 3, "The Man with the Box", duration 33:21
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/blackcat0110jul1896_3_varioius_128kb.mp3

wow ! A strong first story ! I shudder at the thought that this box one day may be invented and what havoc invariably would be wreaked by it.

An awesome narration, Mike, thank you so much Especially in the dialogue with the inventor I really felt like in a stage play. You play both characters wonderfully well and distinct, the gruff voice of the old man was especially awesome. LOVED IT !!!

And the first PL ok for this issue. (careful with the filename though, there's a typo "varioius". No worries, I can correct it in my folder, no need to reupload since there are no other errors.

See you in the next Black Cat maybe

Sonia

[RitaBoutros]

Section 1:


https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/blackcat0110jul1896_1_various_128kb.mp3
25:26