Take a voyage of the imagination into the depths of space and the deepest parts of the human psyche.
How do you heal from complex trauma? This book charts a path into that scary and seemingly unknown territory of healing.
Your inner child has been trying to reach you. ✨
They've been sending signals from the furthest corners of your past — waiting for you to come back. Available Spring 2026.
A beautifully crafted, offset-printed hardcover novella featuring 15 full-color illustrations by Italian artist Simone Rotella.
Part sci-fi allegory, part journey into the unconscious, Wayward Explorers Club is an insightful and emotional meditation on what it means to heal from trauma.
Taking inspiration from Voyager 2 — the spacecraft launched in 1977 on a mission to explore the outer reaches of our solar system — this slim, surreal novella charts one man’s path toward recovery. He finds himself exploring the furthest, most difficult parts of his own past and self, not only inwardly but on an extraordinary interstellar adventure. Weaving together computer science, space exploration, astrophysics, music, poetry, rural life, and the relationships we must forge with our inner children and the disjointed parts of the self in order to heal, this is a mystical story at once entirely particular and profoundly universal.
“Wayward Explorers Club is a poetic and imaginative exploration of healing from complex trauma. Through rich allegory and emotional honesty, Tylor Neist captures the lived experience of fragmentation, dissociation, and the courageous journey toward integration. This novella is a moving testament to our innate resilience and capacity for post-traumatic growth.”
Dr. Arielle Schwartz, PhD, clinical psychologist and author of The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook
What fellow explorers are saying:
"Like a trauma-informed The Little Prince."
"The illustrations by Simone are stunning!"
"There are so many layers — intellectual, emotional, spiritual."
"Viscerally captures the experience of complex trauma."
"Hauntingly beautiful."
For readers who are:
Interested in healing, therapy, inner child work, CPTSD conversations
Sci-fi fans who like philosophical or surreal storytelling
Creatives: writers, musicians, artists, programmers
Curious about consciousness, neuroscience, space exploration
Enjoy reflective, emotionally intelligent content
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