Sometime, Somewhere

by Kalyn Fogarty

Jimmy and Wren Knight seem to have the perfect life. Their young romance blossomed into a lifelong bond that is the envy of all those around them. But beneath the surface of every marriage are fissures that are sometimes too deep to repair, no matter how strong the base. The couple's desire to start a family is shaken by Wren's ovarian cancer diagnosis. Wren refuses to let this stand in the way of making a baby, but Jimmy will stop at nothing to make sure Wren is cured.After a fatal accident, James awakens as a ghost in the Knights’ living room. He soon realizes that Jimmy Knight is a different version of himself- one that is married to his high school sweetheart and working at his father's law firm. Somehow James isn’t haunting his past life, but a life that could have been.In a different time and place, Karen hoped that suicide would end her suffering. Much to her dismay, she finds herself sentenced to an afterlife of watching an alternate version of herself. In this life, she is loved and seems happy, but is still battling the cancer she gave up everything to escape.Karen assumes she is alone in this parallel limbo until she meets James, also haunting the wrong life. Although he is different from the boy she once loved, he is the same in all the ways that matter. Together they find the strength to forgive past mistakes and allow themselves to be loved again. It seems they finally have a chance at happiness. However, events in the real world are spiraling out of control and although the ghosts cannot change the world they haunt, it becomes apparent that their redemption depends on the survival of Jimmy and Wren’s marriage.

261 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 12, 2013

Reviews

[Dave Manning · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good piece of creative fiction. I was confused initially with the dimensional and timeline switches (not just different periods of time for the same two people, but also different time periods for different dimensional versions of the same people-- it's a lot to process). Had there been a disclosure up front to tell me "pay attention to the names and dates" or something, even though this would have taken away from the "reveal" later on, I would have appreciated it more and not been flipping back and forth like a choose-your-own-adventure novel. My suggestion would be for less dates and less flipping-- condense the story with "I remember when" memories rather than writing as though it's the present. This would allow for more mainstream / less intelligent people to read it easier (gotta aim for middle market sometimes, especially if targeting younger people).