A whimsical adventure that mixes Alice in Wonderland and Disney's Soul.

Imagine a world in between this life and the next. A purgatory of sorts, filled with strange creatures and equally strange human inhabitants. After making the worst mistake of her life, Ryan finds herself in an in-between place known as "The Halfway In”. It's there that Ryan meets a young girl named Bea who is in a similar situation. After riding the Long Black Train to The Halfway In, Ryan is stuck between moving on into the afterlife or aiding the young girl in her quest to return home to her mother in the land of the living. The problem is that an evil man known as Vicar Vicioso has moved into the Halfway In and established a tyrannical rule of government. The Vicar and his wicked minions, known as “scissor men," stand between Bea returning home and Ryan discovering her self-worth.

"The Halfway In" is a young adult novella that mixes fantasy and action/adventure with an eccentric cast that resembles the strange happenings in movies such as "Beetlejuice" and "Alice in Wonderland". It explores death and loss in a family-friendly way, similar to Disney's "Coco" and "Soul". It shares a comparable plot to the novel "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig.