Cindy yelped, kicking back from the grasping hands. Pinning her hands to either side of the shadowed red tunnel, and bracing the soles of her shiny pink boots to either side, she clambered backwards barely keeping out of reach of the flailing limbs. Cindy’s arms trembled as the tunnel’s path grew steeper, slowing her accent. A tiny pink hand slammed down between her splayed legs and slowly began to trail towards her booted foot. She was caught.  The loud crunch of hurried footfalls on gravel...

To my younger self, you deserved a lot better Author’s Note  I didn’t expect myself to be writing a book like this so young. As a child, I always thought that my life would blossom into something beautiful; the disillusionment I experienced in the years after destroyed that hope. Everything that follows is my attempt at making sense of it all. But in order for any of it to truly make sense, I must clarify that I spent as much time in my head as I did in my life. I used my imagination to...

Generation Z commonly defined as those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s is the first generation to grow up entirely in the digital age. Unlike Millennials, who witnessed the transition from analog to digital, Gen Z never experienced a world without smartphones, social media, or instant access to information. Their childhood was shaped by Wi-Fi signals, global news notifications, algorithm-driven feeds, and a constant stream of content. This digital immersion has shaped not only how...