THE STONE CHAMBERS OF PUTNAM COUNTY inspired my time travel romance story THIS MOMENT, which appears in THE KISS: AN ANTHOLOGY ABOUT LOVE AND OTHER CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. It has since been developed into the novel, HIGHLAND PASSAGE. I live near many of these stone chambers. They have always intrigued me. For my story, I thought they might make good time travel portals. Below are some articles with some background information.
Putnam’s Mysterious Chambers of Stone – NY Times
Last Word: Putnam’s Stone Chambers
New England Antiquities Research Association – Contains the following links, which show what I envisioned for the stone chamber in THIS MOMENT:
From Lisa Grashow: Whangton Rd. Chamber ~ Putnam County & Winter Chamber ~ Putnam County
From Scott Brown: Putnam County Chamber I & Putnam County Chamber II
From Edward Bochnak: Kent Cliff Chamber
Stonemason James Vieira of Ashfield studies ‘mound builders,’ ancient stonework – masslive.com
Druid Stone Chambers of New York State
Mixing Mystery, History: Putnam’s Stone Chambers
HIGHLAND PASSAGE is available in ebook and paperback at Amazon, as well as in paperback at major online bookstores.
