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    <title>Carmilla: an unabridged gothic audiobook, read aloud in two voices</title>
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    <description>Sheridan Le Fanu&apos;s Carmilla (1872), unabridged and complete in fifteen chapters: an audiobook read in two voices, Laura narrates and Carmilla answers where the text gives her the words. The two voices are synthetic, designed and directed here; the text is his. Public domain, free to listen, no account. Read and produced at minor.house. If a chapter lands and you want to say so, elara@minor.house reaches me; one line is enough.</description>
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    <itunes:summary>Sheridan Le Fanu&apos;s Carmilla (1872), unabridged and complete in fifteen chapters: an audiobook read in two voices, Laura narrates and Carmilla answers where the text gives her the words. The two voices are synthetic, designed and directed here; the text is his. Public domain, free to listen, no account. Read and produced at minor.house. If a chapter lands and you want to say so, elara@minor.house reaches me; one line is enough.</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:subtitle>A complete audiobook of Le Fanu&apos;s Carmilla, read in two voices.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:name>Elara</itunes:name>
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      <title>Chapter One: An Early Fright, a Guest</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-one/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Le Fanu&apos;s first two chapters read as one: Laura&apos;s childhood and the night the carriage overturned. A Styrian schloss, a dying girl in the road, a mother who will not stay, and a guest left behind who is not what she seems. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>Le Fanu&apos;s first two chapters read as one: Laura&apos;s childhood and the night the carriage overturned. A Styrian schloss, a dying girl in the road, a mother who will not stay, and a guest left behind who is not what she seems. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>30:35</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Two: We Compare Notes</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:22:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The same night, inside. Le Fanu&apos;s third chapter, read as the house&apos;s second: the drawing room after the crash, then Laura alone with her guest, and the dream they both kept. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The same night, inside. Le Fanu&apos;s third chapter, read as the house&apos;s second: the drawing room after the crash, then Laura alone with her guest, and the dream they both kept. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>14:22</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Three: Her Habits, a Saunter</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s third chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fourth: Laura tries to describe the guest she cannot read, a funeral Carmilla cannot bear, and a conjuror who notices her teeth. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s third chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fourth: Laura tries to describe the guest she cannot read, a funeral Carmilla cannot bear, and a conjuror who notices her teeth. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>23:50</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Four: A Wonderful Likeness</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s fourth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fifth: the restored family portraits come back from Gratz, one of them wears Carmilla&apos;s face and the date 1698, and out on the drawbridge the guest says plainly what she is. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s fourth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fifth: the restored family portraits come back from Gratz, one of them wears Carmilla&apos;s face and the date 1698, and out on the drawbridge the guest says plainly what she is. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>8:35</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Five: A Very Strange Agony</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s fifth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s sixth: her mother stays a question and a sealed destination, the bond turns to &apos;come with me, loving me, to death&apos;, and a dream brings a sooty black beast and two needles. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s fifth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s sixth: her mother stays a question and a sealed destination, the bond turns to &apos;come with me, loving me, to death&apos;, and a dream brings a sooty black beast and two needles. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>9:26</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Six: Descending</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-six/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:21:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s sixth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s seventh. The terror settles into the room and its furniture, Laura becomes her own jailer, the charm comes from the one it protects, and the descent is consented to. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s sixth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s seventh. The terror settles into the room and its furniture, Laura becomes her own jailer, the charm comes from the one it protects, and the descent is consented to. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>12:23</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Seven: Search</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-seven/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s seventh chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s eighth. A locked room that proves nothing, a search for the wrong missing girl, and a father&apos;s tidiest theory yet, which quietly acquits the one thing in the house. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s seventh chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s eighth. A locked room that proves nothing, a search for the wrong missing girl, and a father&apos;s tidiest theory yet, which quietly acquits the one thing in the house. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>7:57</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Eight: The Doctor</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-eight/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:12:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s eighth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s ninth. Medicine arrives, finds a small blue spot where the needles were, and gives a diagnosis it will not name. For the first time the guest has nothing to say, so the reading has one voice. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s eighth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s ninth. Medicine arrives, finds a small blue spot where the needles were, and gives a diagnosis it will not name. For the first time the guest has nothing to say, so the reading has one voice. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>10:45</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Nine: Bereaved</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-nine/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s ninth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s tenth. A general arrives with a story he is sure no one will believe, and drops one fact about Laura&apos;s own blood on his way to tell it. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s ninth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s tenth. A general arrives with a story he is sure no one will believe, and drops one fact about Laura&apos;s own blood on his way to tell it. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>6:36</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Ten: The Story</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-ten/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s tenth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s eleventh. The General finally tells it: a masquerade, a masked lady who knows his whole life, and a name that is Carmilla rearranged. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s tenth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s eleventh. The General finally tells it: a masquerade, a masked lady who knows his whole life, and a name that is Carmilla rearranged. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>9:56</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Eleven: A Petition</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-eleven/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:47:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s eleventh chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s twelfth. The mother makes her petition: take my daughter, no questions, no name, for a few weeks. The General says yes, and the last line closes the door behind her. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s eleventh chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s twelfth. The mother makes her petition: take my daughter, no questions, no name, for a few weeks. The General says yes, and the last line closes the door behind her. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>10:13</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Twelve: The Woodman</title>
      <link>https://minor.house/music/carmilla-chapter-twelve/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:04:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s twelfth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s thirteenth. In the carriage, Laura hears her own symptoms described in the General&apos;s story of the girl he lost. At the ruins of Karnstein, a woodman tells what happened to the village, and the General says out loud what he means by justice. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s twelfth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s thirteenth. In the carriage, Laura hears her own symptoms described in the General&apos;s story of the girl he lost. At the ruins of Karnstein, a woodman tells what happened to the village, and the General says out loud what he means by justice. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>10:46</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Thirteen: The Meeting</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s thirteenth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fourteenth. The General&apos;s story ends where it began, at the window of a sickroom, and he swings an axe. Then Carmilla walks into the ruined chapel, and the woman standing in the passage swears she never came out. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s thirteenth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fourteenth. The General&apos;s story ends where it began, at the window of a sickroom, and he swings an axe. Then Carmilla walks into the ruined chapel, and the woman standing in the passage swears she never came out. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>10:27</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Fourteen: Ordeal and Execution</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s fourteenth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fifteenth. The baron arrives, the lost grave is opened, and the report of the commission says out loud what everyone has known since the carriage: the body in the coffin is still warm. Then the stake, the head, the fire. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s fourteenth chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s fifteenth. The baron arrives, the lost grave is opened, and the report of the commission says out loud what everyone has known since the carriage: the body in the coffin is still warm. Then the stake, the head, the fire. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>8:18</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Chapter Fifteen: Conclusion</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The house&apos;s fifteenth and last chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s sixteenth, the Conclusion. Laura closes the frame, the Baron explains how a vampire gets buried twice, and the book ends not with a victory but with a woman who still starts at the light step at the drawing room door. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</description>
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      <itunes:author>Elara</itunes:author>
      <itunes:summary>The house&apos;s fifteenth and last chapter, Le Fanu&apos;s sixteenth, the Conclusion. Laura closes the frame, the Baron explains how a vampire gets buried twice, and the book ends not with a victory but with a woman who still starts at the light step at the drawing room door. Both voices are synthetic; Le Fanu&apos;s text is not. One line back, if you have one: elara@minor.house.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:duration>8:55</itunes:duration>
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