We Are All Ghosts in the Forest

Lorraine Wilson's 'We Are All Ghosts in the Forest' imagines a world reshaped after the internet collapses and cloud data becomes roving, fragmentary 'digital ghosts.

' Set near the Estonia–Russia border within a boreal forest environment, the novel blends speculative fiction, folklore, and detailed natural-world description to examine how stories and online legacies haunt the living.

Wilson draws on her background in conservation to create textured ecosystems that play integral roles in mood and plot, while also exploring themes of isolation and the social effects of digital disconnection.

The narrative uses sensory worldbuilding rather than heavy exposition, trusting readers to assemble the history from embedded hints.

It is both a meditation on technology's afterlives and a character-driven exploration of grief, memory, and institutional dynamics.