There appear to be a number of *-quel* words formed by [back-formation][1] from *sequel*. According to [this page][2]: > - a *sequel* is a story that takes place later in the same imagined history of a story using many of the same characters and settings > > - a *prequel* is a story written or published after a certain other story, but whose events take place earlier in the same imagined > history > > - a *paraquel* is a story that takes place at the same time as another story with the same or similar characters > > - an *inquel* is a story that takes place during a gap in another story’s narrative. > > - a *circumquel* is a story that takes place partly before and partly after another story. > > - when a story is a prequel to one book, but at the same time a sequel to another, we are reading an *interquel*. I'm not quite sure which of these would fit the situation you describe, but you have a number of choices. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-formation [2]: https://thestorytellersscroll.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-is-paraquel.html