The free ebook for today is a collection of very famous Japanese ghost stories translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The book , Kwaidan, inspired a 1964 Oscar-nominated film by the same name. Once one of Cincinnati’s well-known writers, Lafcadio Hearn was a sensationalistic journalist who wrote colorful accounts of grisly crimes. Cincinnati Magazine published a terrific article by Bob McKay, What A Wicked Reporter Saw, about Hearn’s life in Cincinnati and his coverage of Cincinnati’s down-n-outs.