Came a vague, trailing laugh; with it, the black shape vanished.
Its solid shape transformed into a stream of light, then vanished.
The dog's shape vanished as if it had never been, and it was a man who stood before her.
The black shape of The Avenger turned and vanished into the night.
His black shape vanished from the window and blended into the darkness of the trees on the silent grounds.
He heard a muffled noise behind him and turned just in time to glimpse a dark shape vanish through a bedroom door.
Without waiting for an answer, Ulv turned and his dimly seen shape vanished into the darkness.
Familiar shapes - the table, a chair, the computer before him - vanish as he comes closer to their essence.
Then the shape vanished, climbing beyond the effective range of the fairgrounds' lights.
I said we-' For a moment some pointed shapes hung in the air, and then vanished.