Vanishing Acts

by Joshua Grasso

But just once, I wanted to see what happened if I really pushed; if someone got in my way and I made them move. If I started pushing everyone in the world who deserved it.

REMEMBER that girl in gym class who spent the entire time sketching the apocalypse in her notebook? Or the guy in English Lit who somehow knew every answer, though you know he never read? Or what about that one friend of yours who would disappear for days—even weeks—at a time without an explanation? What ever HAPPENED to those kids? Vanishing Acts is about those friends, classmates, teachers, and siblings who found a way to slip between the cracks. But don’t fool they’re still there watching us, waiting for just the right moment to re-enter the mainstream...and change it forever.

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 16, 2025

About the author

English professor at a small regional university in Oklahoma, with a PhD in British Literature from Miami University. Teach classes in British Literature (esp. Shakespeare to 18th c.), the Humanities, writing, science fiction & fantasy, and comics. Have written 5 novels in-between grading, raising two boys, and rescuing dozens of stray cats from the wilds of Ada, Oklahoma. :)