If Walls Could Talk
Time to fire up everyone’s imagination! Don’t know about you, but I can hardly drive by an abandoned house without creating a story in my mind. My first book, #WakeRobinRidge, came about due to driving by a long deserted log cabin between Asheville and Chimney Rock, North Carolina. I saw it every year on my mountain pilgrimage, and it never failed to make me wonder what stories it could tell. With that in mind, here are some fantastic photos of abandoned houses, sure to make you ponder–and maybe even write a book about. Enjoy!
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Spooky-especially the last one!
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They are, indeed, but they make me want to tell their stories. My favorite is the next to last. There’s just something about the way that porch is sliding sideways. *shiver*
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Wow. I love those and so sad that they were allowed to go to ruin. You’re right, there must be some awesome stories in there!
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And even if there weren’t, you could make one up!! That’s what we do, right? 😀
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Of course! Happy Writing 🙂
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And to you! 🙂
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Gosh, I think your abandoned houses are even creepier than ours – make me think of Psycho and The Munsters!
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If you look closely at some of the windows, you just might see Norman Bates’ mother staring out at you! Muahahahahaha. (I do have to say that I have no idea of the locations of any of these pics. Could be some of them actually ARE yours! 😀 )
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Been offline a few days.. A great post to come back to. Cheers, Marcia.jx
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Glad you enjoyed it, Judith. I have a LOT of these pictures, and some unbelievable interior shots, too. I’m saving those for another day. 🙂
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Oh, those are good…truly evocative! Inspiration for Halloween, right?
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Halloween, and so much more. Oh, how I long to tell a tale of murder and madness. What’s that? I’ve already told some of those? Well, one more wouldn’t hurt, would it? Especially in a setting like any of those above. 😀 Thinking . . . thinking . . . . . . . . . . .
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Well, those are fantastic photos… and yes, quite inspiring 😉
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Good writing prompts then, eh? What are you waiting for? Write us a story! 😀
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The last one used to be an Insane Asylum and one of those chimney’s led down to where they would cremate the dead. :o)
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Oooh, that’s REALLY creepy. And just perfect for a story setting. Think of the ghosts, too! 😯
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The thing is; were they really dead or just comatose from shock treatments. There was one nurse called Queenie by the poor sick patients, she knew something, but before she could report it to the authorities she jumped off the roof, or was she pushed????
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Truth is stranger (and grimmer) than fiction, eh? Shivery story, indeed! 🙂
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Fabulous photos and fabulous story fodder. I love photography of abandoned places and things in general, but old houses are extra creepy. Loved these!
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Yes! Creepy to look at, and creepy to wonder about. All families have their tragedies, and some of them seem to leave an “air” of misery over ruins like these. Well, t hat’s MY story, anyway, and yes, I’m stickin’ to it! 😀
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Even they are abandoned, are wonderful..
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So glad you enjoyed them! Thanks!!
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Second last picture is great,not long before the roof over the porch collapses!
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Yep, that whole porch is about to go down, down, down! Oh, the stories that place could tell, eh?
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