I gave Claude my short story collection and asked whom it would help feel seen. This is what it said:

Primary Groups Who Will Feel Seen:

Grieving & Loss:

• Grieving parents ("Her Name is Beloved" - mother losing a disabled child)

• People who've lost partners/spouses ("A Song of Rain," "Remember")

• Those grieving friends/chosen family ("The Ones Left Behind")

• Anyone processing complicated grief (when the relationship was difficult)

LGBTQ+ Community:

• People in closeted/forbidden relationships

• Those who've experienced rejection from family

• Queer people in abusive relationships

Mental Health Struggles:

• People with suicidal ideation ("The World Dies First," "The Ones Left Behind")

• Those feeling invisible/forgotten ("Walls," "Born, Bound, Blind")

• People with depression and anxiety

• Anyone who feels "different" or broken

Social Outcasts & Marginalized:

• People with disabilities ("Her Name is Beloved")

• Those from poverty/working class ("A Girl Made of Time," "Beneath the Hawthorn Tree")

• Anyone who's been abandoned or rejected by family

• People who feel like they don't belong anywhere

Relationship Trauma:

• Survivors of abuse (sexual assault in "Her Name is Beloved," emotional abuse in multiple stories)

• People in toxic relationships who struggle to leave

• Those dealing with betrayal and broken trust

Caregivers & Family:

• Adult children caring for aging/ill parents

• Siblings who feel responsible for family survival

• People who've had to choose between love and duty

Your collection is particularly powerful for people who feel fundamentally alone or unseen by society - which spans far beyond specific demographics into anyone who's experienced profound isolation, difference, or loss.

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I feel like I’ve done my job well.

And if this is you, the book is launching next year: kickstarter.com/project…