Between walking and gone

Between Waking and Gone is a chilling supernatural story about what happens when sleep isn’t safe anymore. After a long day at his grandma’s house, Colton gets home, crashes on his bed at 5:00 p.m., and expects a normal nap. Instead, he wakes up trapped in his own body—unable to move, unable to scream, able only to watch. As he lies there in terrifying stillness, something unseen enters his room. He sees his dad walk past the door, but no help comes. Then a small sound—a napkin falling from his pocket—pulls his attention to something even worse: his own body lying motionless on the bed, while he floats above it. What starts as sleep paralysis turns into a full out-of-body experience. A shadowy presence in the corner of his room notices him and reaches for the empty shell he’s left behind. The only thing standing between Colton and whatever wants his body is a strange symbol his grandma gave him on a crumpled napkin and a handful of rules she once warned him about: don’t panic, follow the mark, and never trust the voice that sounds like you. As the nights go on, Colton is pulled again and again into the space “between waking and gone,” forced to face a hungry darkness that knows his name. With his grandma’s guidance and a growing understanding of his family’s secret, he must learn how to anchor himself, fight back, and lock the doors he never knew he was opening. Perfect for fans of creepy sleep paralysis stories and supernatural horror, Between Waking and Gone explores fear, family, and the thin line between dreams and something much more dangerous.