between doorways

About this book

There are places in the world which blur and fuzz when your attention strays toward them—places which can only be seen out of the corner of your eye. They are everywhere around us: lurking behind the door-left-ajar, shifting in the dimly-lit mirror, phasing in and out of both dream and memory. These interstitial domains are what we call ‘liminal spaces,’ ecotones of dread and persistent unease between reality and an undefined beyond. In between doorways, seventeen authors explore this hazy middle-ground with tales of transient neverwheres, choosing to fix with their most confident gaze that which evades definition. Here you will find hallways and stairwells that go on forever; portals that invite and trap in equal measure; airports where no plane will ever land; memories distorted by nostalgia’s eerie poison; and, above all, an increasing sense that everything as you know it is 𝚌ｏ𝚖ｉ𝚗ｇ ｕ𝚗ｄ𝚘ｎ𝚎 in spectral threads all around you . . .