The Shadow That Shapes the Light

The Shadow That Shapes the Light is a short story written by Ed Gorman and Richard Dean Starr. It was first published in the 2005 anthology Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series
Films	The Night Stalker • The Night Strangler
Kolchak: The Night Stalker episodes	The Ripper • The Zombie • They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... • The Vampire • The Werewolf • Firefall • The Devil's Platform • Bad Medicine • The Spanish Moss Murders • The Energy Eater • Horror in the Heights • Mr. R.I.N.G. • Primal Scream • The Trevi Collection • Chopper • Demon in Lace • Legacy of Terror • The Knightly Murders • The Youth Killer • The Sentry
Night Stalker episodes	Pilot • The Five People You Meet in Hell • Three • Burning Man • Malum • The Source • The Sea • Into Night • Timeless • What's the Frequency, Kolchak
Novels	The Night Stalker • The Night Strangler • The Kolchak Papers: Grave Secret
Novellas	Penny Dreadful • Time Stalker • Cancellation • Kolchak and the Lost World
Anthologies	Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles • Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook • Kolchak the Night Stalker: Passages of the Macabre
Collections	Kolchak: Double Feature
Short Stories	Don't Even Blink • Man or Monster • Kali's Final Cut • The Shadow That Shapes the Light • The Shrug of Atlas • Why of the Matter • The Last Temptation of Kolchak • The Pretty Dead Girl • What Every Coin Has • It Came from Monkey Skull Creek • What Monsters Do • The Source • Wet Dog of Galveston • Open House • The Ungrateful Dead • Barrens • Frost-Bitten • The Abominable Ice Man • The Mirror Cracked • Shadows from the Screen • Interview With a Vampire? • Alternate Endings • Brief Encounter • Until Tomorrow • Bones to the Past • Broken Window • Blues, Sex and Bad, Hot Mojo • Stealing Fire • Call Me Sam • Power Hungry • And • Digger • They Came from the Dark Ride • Fish Story • Pirate's Blood • The Strange Events at Vishnu Springs • The Day of Her Return • Marrowport • Kumiho • Cat Fight • The Lost Boy • Wicked Ways • Obsession • The Shadow of the Phoenix • Always Hungry • Green-Eyed Monster • Demon in My View • Who's to Judge? • Whatever Kills in Vegas...