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There’s no clear inspiration behind it – it just came to us, subconsciously, and felt right.

It’s the same with the name of Ethan Carter. “No, it’s not what’s about”, answered the poet, “But your interpretation is much better, so from now on I’m going to stick with it.” There is this great anecdote about a poet who met a fan at a party, and that fan passionately analysed one of the poet’s works. There’s both poetry and mystery to the “vanishing” word, and that is exactly the message we wanted the title to express. The title is inspired by The Vanishing of Simmons, the story by August Derleth, a writer best known for being the first publisher of Lovecraft.