Deep in Whitetree National Forest, three friends follow an unmarked trail in search of a hidden clearing whispered about online. What they find is no ordinary glade-it shimmers with impossible leaves, warped sounds, and the pulse of something buried beneath the roots.Time slips. Shadows move on their own. And when one of them vanishes for only two seconds-returning with bloodied eyes and hours of missing memory-they realize the clearing is not a place at all.It is a tear in reality. A haunting blend of cosmic horror and psychological suspense, The Glade Between Worlds is a story of recursion, memory, and the terror of being unable to forget. For fans of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation, and the suffocating dread of folk horror, this debut novel delivers a chilling descent into a place that is not a where, but a when.