Disappearing Into Thin Air Novels & Stories

The last light is almost gone from the horizon, just a thin band of orange, then nothing. But something else, between the two of them, is doing the opposite of fading. She doesn't name it. Not yet.

Before I could even breathe, his body shimmered, the silver light flared —then he and Raya or whoever that was,disappeared into thin air, leaving the courtyard trembling in his absence. Only silence remained. And me…I was frozen and breathless. My heart was trapped somewhere between awe, terror and fascination.

The air opened up, like a giant slavering maw, and I watched, stricken, frozen, as half of my arm disappeared into the void - just disappeared . I knew it was there, somewhere. I could feel it. The pain was unbearable. Fire raged under my skin, burying deep into flesh and bone. Gathering in fury, it gripped me, tugging, pulling, as if whatever it was might rip my arm clear of the socket. I opened my mouth to scream and felt the air suck it away, consuming sound, consuming

He walked forward and simply vanished, as if he’d stepped through an invisible door in the air. Rian tried to act bold, but he froze for a second, staring at the empty space. Suddenly, the man’s head popped back out of the thin air. "Having second thoughts?" he asked, one brow raised. Rian exhaled sharply and walked forward without another word, stepping through and disappearing into whatever was on the other side.

Help me arrange the move abroad. There was no one left here worth staying for. I left in a rush. I packed through the second half of the night and moved out before dawn. I did not even return to the company. … When Selena realized she could not reach me, she panicked. She borrowed other people's phones and called again and again. None of them worked. I disappeared from her life cleanly, like a gust of wind. All I left her were a few dreamlike years of memories and the engagement ring, placed neatly on the table.

She would never just leave us like this," he muttered. Panicked, he stumbled upstairs toward the bedroom. But the moment he stepped inside, the last shred of hope crumbled. The room was empty. Every trace of me was gone. My clothes, my belongings, my scent. Even the photo that used to hang on the wall—our wedding portrait, taken because I couldn't have a proper ceremony while pregnant—was missing. All that remained was a bare, blank wall. But it wasn't as empty as the hollow, suffocating ache now clawing at his chest.

The stars vanished. One by one. Across the entire universe. Not exploding. Not collapsing. Simply disappearing. As though an unseen hand was plucking them from existence. The City of Lost Possibilities fell silent. Everyone looked upward. The night sky had once been filled with countless lights. Now entire sections were empty. Dark. Wrong. The absence felt unnatural. Nova watched another star disappear. Then another. Then ten more. A chill crawled through her body. Because she could feel it. Whatever was happening wasn't destruction.

It didn't take long before a deathly silence descended upon the room. The lights were switched on again, revealing the empty spot between Tiffany and me. There was a slight indent on the couch where Rosalie had been sitting. It was still warm when I touched it. Rosalie's body heat hadn't even dissipated yet. Tiffany and I exchanged fearful glances. "Where's Rosalie?" Tiffany asked. Rosalie had disappeared from right under our noses. My teeth began to chatter as a wave of despair washed over me. The commenters were actually capable of making us disappear into thin air!

I held back the sting in my chest and forced a sheepish smile. "No, sweetie. I was just clumsy and bumped into someone." That seemed to ease his worry a little. He wanted to say something else. But before he could, we heard the front door open. Ethan was home. I straightened instinctively. Theo quietly gripped my hand. His palm was damp with sweat. We both turned toward the door and froze. Ethan had actually come home empty-handed. Yes, there was nothing in his hand. Just like that, my heart plummeted from soaring hope into a freezing abyss. I instinctively looked at Theo.

It’s going to be a long night… I parked my car across the main entrance of The Vintage, shaking my head at the crowd and unusual amount of reporters, swarming The Vintage. It’s an awfully chilly night although it’s the middle of summer, zipping up my black hoodie, I pocketed my keys before pushing through the swarm reporters and entering the large building. As I had been walking through the entrance, I heard the reporters talking amongst themselves about the mysterious disappearance of the Hudson twins causing my eyes to widen. What the hell? The disappearance of the Hudson twins?