Where The Cobblestones Turn Black

By Kimberley Hall

In the rain-slicked town of Oakhaven, Elias Thorne lives among the dead--not ghosts, but the forgotten records of an ancient archive. For three years, he has been a man out of time, his life halted on a Tuesday in June by a lost train ticket and a woman who wears a silver scarf, with eyes from two different worlds--Clara--who vanished into the steam.

His only link to her, is a heavy, rusted skeleton key, and a memory that plays on a loop like a fraying film reel.

But when the basement air begins to smell of lavender and the town's ancient archivists start speaking in riddles, the line between Elias's basement office and the platform of June 14 begins to dissolve.

Elias is offered a choice: stay in the comfort of his dark grief, or follow the shimmer of that scarf into a town he no longer recognizes. But as a looming, lanky figure watches from the shadows, Elias begins to realize that finding Clara might just mean unlocking a door that was never meant to be opened.

In Oakhaven, the past isn't just a place you visit. It's a place that hunts you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKG8SC6X
• ISBN13: 9798245876276
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"