Somewhere That Isn't There

By J A Springs

She left home before anyone could ask her why. He opened his door before he could talk himself out of it.

At sixteen, Elsie Hart didn't run away-she simply walked next door. Her parents were moving to the wealthy northern suburbs of Atlanta for opportunity, but she chose stillness, quiet, and the worn porch of a neighbor she barely knew.

Matthew Royce didn't ask questions. Still grieving the loss of his wife and son, he offered a room, not comfort. What followed wasn't romance. Wasn't salvation. Just time. Silence. A fragile kind of understanding.

Somewhere That Isn't There is a haunting, tender story about the bonds we form when nothing is asked of us, and how love can grow not in passion-but in presence. Told in dual first-person perspectives and defined as much by what remains unspoken as by what is shared, this is a slow-burn novel of emotional intimacy, restraint, and returning to the places we once needed to leave behind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 196646424X
• ISBN13: 9781966464242
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Writing for the World Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"