Ransom Riggs pieced together a whole novel around his collection of weird photographs. (And I do mean pieced together because, by the end of his book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, the story had become disjointed and frayed around the edges. The photographs were always the main selling point for the book, however, so that hardly mattered. I still gave it 4 stars on Goodreads.com.) But what a brilliant idea, writing a novel around weird photographs!
So I scoured the Web looking for a few macabre samples—photos that would make your skin crawl and send the heebie-jeebies up and down your spine.
Did I succeed?
Are you feeling just a little bit uncomfortable?
What kind of book could you write around these morbid photographs?
A blood-sucking dummy? A ventriloquist that kills?
A writer and his muse? A Bram Stoker-winning team!
.This photo really gives me the creeps!
Halloween—or a twisted version of the high school prom?
What does your imagination tell you to write?
Dawn Pisturino
May 9, 2012; June 22, 2022
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Wow. This is fantastic, a bit creepy but I love it. 🥰🥰🥰
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Thank you, Aparna!
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I love oddities and antiques thanks for sharing!
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My pleasure!
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fun haus? perhaps
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Whoa, interesting Dawn. Girl and you’re right. Creepy. 😲😱😖 For some reason the last picture reminds me of the movie “Rings.” Ransom Riggs was an interesting character of peculiarity for sure. Good post my friend.
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Thanks, Kym, I’m not sure why vintage photos have that creep element so much. Maybe the black-and-white photography or the primitive costumes. If those same photos were done in color with modern photography, would they seem so creepy? But yeah, horror movies definitely come to mind! Have a great day!
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Thanks a million Dawn. Girl, I so agree with you. I think in a lot of the vintage B/W photos, people pose so stiffly, like a mannequin, and rarely do they smile. 🥺 Perception is something else isn’t it? 🤔
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Absolutely!
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I don’t know why but black and white certainly makes it more creepy than in colour. I’m sure their must be a scientific explanation……….
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I agree!
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I am looking into who that motley collection of kids are. Am heading in the right direction. I will report back……..
Stan will be pleased to hear you liked his Bonnie job. Lotsa gurgles all round…..
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You def made my “kin crawl and sent the heebie-jeebies up and down my spine Dawn!!!
Save that for a Halloween reprint!!!
💖💖💖👏👏👏👏
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LOL
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😂🥰😂👏
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I’m glad it gives you the creeps….
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Geesh! They all look so disturbed!!!!
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Wow! It’s Halloween in June!
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It’s the class of ’32 Dawn…..
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LOL! Thanks, Don! Very creative.
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You nailed it! Archetypes of creep! Great story about the book. Might need to get a copy. We enjoyed the movie.
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It’s been a while, but yes, the movie was entertaining. Thanks, Lance!
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