When Worlds Collide: The Hidden Threads That Connect Us

Some connections unfold so effortlessly they feel prewritten; like pages in a story that were waiting to be read.

A few weeks ago, a reader reached out to recommend a bookstore she thought might be a perfect fit for The Harbinger. It was a small, beautiful shop called The Velvet Bookmark, a haven for readers who love stories with soul. I reached out, expecting a simple business conversation about consignment and signing opportunities. What I didn’t expect was a full-circle moment that felt like fiction echoing life.

As we talked, I discovered that one of the store’s co-owners and I had actually met years ago…through a local business networking group. We’d crossed paths in a completely different context, both unaware that one day our worlds would collide again through something as personal as a novel.

That synchronicity stopped me in my tracks.

The Harbinger is, at its core, is about how people, memories, and even timelines weave together in ways we can’t always see. The women in the story are connected by echoes across centuries; by music, by dreams, by love and loss. And here I was, experiencing a modern-day version of that very theme: a connection reawakened at exactly the right time, in exactly the right way.

It reminded me how much of life is built on invisible threads. The introductions that lead to new opportunities. The friendships that reappear when you need them most. The creative ideas sparked by a conversation you didn’t even know would matter.

We spend so much time thinking of success, art, or growth as linear…but it rarely is. Life, like fiction, prefers loops.

So when our worlds collide in expected ways, I like to think it’s the universe reminding us that nothing meaningful is ever lost. Connections simply rest until the next chapter is ready to begin.

To the team at The Velvet Bookmark, thank you for being part of this story and for championing indie authors from the start. And to the reader who made the introduction; you’ve proven once again that sharing what we love can create ripples we’ll never fully measure.

Because when worlds collide, they don’t just meet, they merge into something entirely new.