The Story Behind the Story (and Why It Wouldn’t Let Us Go)

There’s a moment in every story when it stops feeling like something you’re writing and starts feeling like something you’re listening to.

For The Spiral Between, that moment came quietly.

It wasn’t during an outline session or a plotting discussion. It happened somewhere between late‑night messages, shared memories we hadn’t talked about in years, and a realization that the same questions kept surfacing in both our lives — about belonging, identity, and the strange feeling that something important had been lost… and was trying to be found again.

At its heart, The Spiral Between is a story about sisters — even when they don’t know they are sisters yet.

One of the central ideas behind the book came from a simple, unsettling question:
What if separation doesn’t erase connection — it just changes how it speaks to us?

As we wrote, we found ourselves returning again and again to themes of echoes and hums — instincts you can’t explain, places that feel familiar before you’ve ever seen them, and the quiet pull toward something unnamed but deeply felt. Magic, in this world, isn’t flashy. It’s subtle. It’s costly. And it always asks something in return.

Without giving too much away, Book One follows two young women living separate lives, unaware of how deeply their paths are entwined. As strange events begin to unfold, both are forced to confront the same truth from opposite sides of the spiral: power awakens whether you’re ready for it or not.

What surprised us most wasn’t where the story went — it was how personal it became.

Pieces of our own history slipped into the margins. Childhood rituals. Shared symbols. The comfort and danger of feeling seen. Writing this book together felt less like collaboration and more like uncovering something that had been waiting patiently to be named.

This is only the beginning.

Book One is about awakening, tension, and unanswered questions. It’s about the moment before everything changes — when the world still looks familiar, but you can feel the ground shifting under your feet.

If you’re drawn to quiet magic, layered mysteries, and stories that unfold like secrets rather than explosions, we think this story might be for you.

The Spiral Between releases January 26, 2026.