Liminal West
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Publisher Price: $20.00
Publisher: Emberlight Press
Published: Jan 30 2026
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Liminal West is a quiet, psychological novella set in a coal-mining town at the edge of survival and faith.
When a miner descends deeper than he was meant to go, the boundaries between endurance, memory, and belief begin to erode. As the mine stretches longer and darker, the story turns inward-exploring absence, responsibility, and the cost of pressing forward when the light grows thin.
Told with restraint and atmosphere, Liminal West is not a plot-driven thriller, but a slow-burning meditation on silence, labor, and what remains when hope feels distant. It is a story for readers who value mood over spectacle, weight over answers, and meaning found in small, human moments.
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