Can a Universe Have a Homecoming?

This Monday, December 16, 2013, at 7 pm, the Blue Thread universe will celebrate the launch of The Ninth Day by zooming down to a single spot on the olam: 732 NW 19th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. JOIN US! It’s officially the Koehler House, named for the German family who first lived there, but for me the angular blue-gray structure is the real-world inspiration for Miriam Josefsohn’s home inBlue Thread, a companion novel to The Ninth Day. And it’s still filled with my imaginary friends.

In the 19...