𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 .☘︎ ܁˖ ( 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟐-𝟑 x child!oc ) 𝟏𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐀𝐡𝐧 𝐉𝐢-𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 and unknowingly entered a game where death was the rule, not the risk. Now trapped in a twisted world where children play for their lives, how far will a child go to earn a future? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 06/05/25 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 10/26/25

After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]