Invisible Things: Story Preview

10/2/2026

Preview Summary: Lyra Shaw feels more at ease in the woods than she ever has around other people. There, surrounded by her forest friends, the outside world with all its haunting memories and expectations can't follow her. Until it does. When a college classmate unexpectedly finds her in the middle of that refuge, Lyra immediately braces for the ridicule she has learned to expect. Instead, the encounter leaves her wondering whether being seen might not always mean being ridiculed.

Content Disclosures: References to past ridicule and mental-health stigma; anxiety and emotional distress related to social interaction and fear of judgment; and brief unwanted physical contact.