I recorded my first short story using one of the microphones that I will be offering to writers. The quality of the audio was excellent, although I am not that good a reader. I used Audacity to record it, normalize, bass boost and then equalize the audio. I re-recorded the title and there are some pops as a result. I don’t know how to blend the re-recorded stuff. You can listen to it. A Place to Hide Short Story MP3.
The story is 1,000 words (it originally appeared in Anotherealm.com flash in 2004). It is exactly 5 minutes long. I think that I read fast, but this should be useful information for those that want to gauge how long their stories will take to read. Multiply the word count by 5 and divide by 1,000.
If you listen, you will hear Ollie’s bell as he tries to get my attention.