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The Shape Left Behind: Seventeen Encounters with the Impossible

The Shape Left Behind: Seventeen Encounters with the Impossible

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798188148171
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 20 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some roads only appear when you're lost.

Some doors wait years for the right person to open them.

Some dreams leave behind more than memories.

In The Shape Left Behind, Kevin Lintner, author of The Gospel of Rot, invites readers into seventeen haunting tales where ordinary lives brush against hidden worlds that quietly exist alongside our own. A forgotten highway exit, a forest filled with impossible lanterns, a museum devoted to places that never existed, an aging hotel with one room that doesn't belong, and a fire that listens as stories are told-each reveals a glimpse of a reality governed by strange rules and quiet mysteries.

Blending literary horror, speculative fiction, magical realism, and the modern weird, these stories explore grief, memory, longing, forgiveness, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. Rather than relying on shock or gore, they uncover the unsettling beauty that waits just beyond the edges of everyday experience.

For readers who enjoy thoughtful supernatural fiction by authors such as Neil Gaiman, John Connolly, M.R. Carey, and Kelly Link, The Shape Left Behind is a collection of unforgettable stories that linger long after the final page.

Some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.

They're meant to leave their shape behind.

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