Seven year old Keighly Barrow is shocked when she sees a boy's image reflected in her grandmother's ballroom mirror in Redemption, Nevada. The boy is dressed in old fashioned clothes and he is in a western saloon. When Keighly confides in her grandmother about the strange vision from another time her grandmother confesses that she herself has seen strange images in the mirror. Her grandmother tells her that her house was previously a saloon named the Blue Garter. Throughout the next few years Keighly sees the young boy's image and even manages to communicate with him through the mirror although they cannot touch. Keighly holds up a piece of paper with her name written backwards on it. The boy does the same and Keighly discovers that his name is Darby. Years pass and Keighly's parents both pass away as well as her grandmother. Keighly no longer visits her grandmother's house, and although she wonders from time to time about Darby she no longer has access to the mirror. Keighly is now 30 years old and the owner of an art gallery in Los Angeles. Although Keighly has a relationship with her longtime lover, Julian, she is dissatisfied with their lackluster romance. Keighly finds herself yearning for Darby. Since Keighly inherited her grandmother's house in Redemption she has come to the realization that she must either sell the house or move into the house herself and pursue sculpting. Keighly visits the local graveyard in Redemption and finds Darby's headstone which reads 1857 -1887. Shortly thereafter, Keighly once again sees Darby's grown up image in the mirror. Although they both stare at each other longingly, they both realize that they cannot breach the mirror and connect. Keighly becomes obsessed with compiling information about Darby's life, his early death and finding a way to travel back in time to be with Darby. | ||
Plot & Themes Time/era of story Who: - momma If one lover chases another... - they alternate Time Travel Yes Type of time travel - present to past Main Male Character Profession/status: Age/status: - 20's-30's Sex makes him Main Female Character Age/status: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Effect of sexing Setting United States Yes The US: - West Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment What % of story is romance related? - 90% How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - Boob talk Focus of story - equally on him and her How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts |