I got invited to perform in a Public Domain Variety Show last weekend. Since I believe in saying yes to new things, I accepted.
The only prompt was creating a work based on or inspired by something published in 1923, which entered the public domain at the beginning of this year.
See the lists here!
- American Films Released in 1923
- Music from 1923
- Literature in 1923
- Goodreads’ Most Popular Books from 1923
- Art from 1923
Being both a fan of and afraid of Lovecraft, I picked What The Moon Brings. It’s a nightmarish short story that Lovecraft diehards think might be he wrote something based on a dream.
It seemed like it’d be a fun challenge to take the piece, and genre flip it into something dreamy and romantic keeping as many of the same words as possible.
It’s a fun exercise. Try it with anything. I promise you’ll be impressed with yourself.
Read what I came up with on my Wattpad account here: https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/196936181-what-the-moon-brings
The Strange Writings of Elena Landis 