October should be filled with spooky stories. Somehow this month my searching for something "new" led me to Frederick H. Martens, The Chinese Fairy Book, which has a section of Ghost Stories. Several of the stories are actually about ogres, but they certainly can be spooky enough. Many years ago Dover Publications created Children's Thrift Classics, which is where I first came across a few of the stories from The Chinese Fairy Book. It was worth going to the full volume only hinted at in the little Dover book. The cover of that little "Thrift Classic" has an illustration that might fit today's story.
This is part of a series of postings of stories under the category, “Keeping the Public in Public Domain.” The idea behind Public Domain was to preserve our cultural heritage after the authors and their immediate heirs were compensated. I feel strongly current copyright law delays this intent on works of the 20th century. My own library of folklore includes so many books within the Public Domain I decided to share stories from them. I hope you enjoy discovering them.
At the same time, my own involvement in storytelling regularly creates projects requiring research as part of my sharing stories with an audience. Whenever that research needs to be shown here, the publishing of Public Domain stories will not occur that week. This is a return to my regular posting of a research project here. (Don't worry, this isn't dry research, my research is always geared towards future storytelling to an audience.) Response has convinced me that "Keeping the Public in Public Domain" should continue along with my other postings as often as I can manage it.
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