This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-feasting-dead-by-john-metcalfe/
Volunteers outside the USA: John Metcalfe died in 1965. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 70 years for authors who died after 1971; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822010838100Colonel Hapgood, our narrator, has been sending his son Denis to a chateau of a distant relative in the French countryside where the boy has taken quite a fancy to the visits. Ultimately based on the curious behavior of his cousin M. Vaignon and the uneasy feeling he gets when visiting the chateau, Hapgood decides that his son's visits must stop. Incidentally at the same time, M. Vaignon sends a message to Hapgood basically requesting the same thing, a communication silence and no more visits. Denis is at first distraught but soon becomes joyful as his friend Raoul from France, an older man who apparently acted as a groundskeeper of sorts at Vaignon's estate, shows up in England to continue their friendship. Hapgood is immediately repelled by Raoul's odd lack of characteristics in his visage and becomes increasingly concerned as his son takes ill and becomes weaker and weaker as the days go on. Is this menace to his son's well-being all in Hapgood's mind or is Raoul some kind of supernatural emissary of darkness? (Summary by Ben Tucker)
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
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[*]Project Code: LxpEfPH2
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metcalfe_(writer) (John Metcalfe)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feasting_Dead
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 4
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known):
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: vampire, supernatural horror, folk legend
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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:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Feasting Dead. 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."] "The Feasting Dead, by John Metcalfe. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Feasting Dead, by John Metcalfe. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Feasting Dead, by John Metcalfe."
Filename: feastingdead_##_metcalfe_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. feastingdead_01_metcalfe_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: icequeen
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.
