This publication is a literary and visual experiment developed between the end of 2018 and May 2019, through exercises/research of creative/non-creative writing and appropriation, using as starting point works of diverse authors for the free creation of short stories, aphorisms, visual poetry and other textual experiments. A publication of interrupted narratives, processes of writing without beginning and without end. Ruins is illustrated by collages made from selected images from different media during the book's creation process, creating a clash between text and image.