Millenial Stories

In the United States, magic isn't a wonder. It's a taxable offense. Melody Pierce loves rules. As an entry-level worker for the Department of Arcane Affairs, her job is simple: drop the administrative hammer on citizens who dare to cast unsanctioned spells. To Melody, the strict regulations aren't oppressive; they're the only thing keeping society orderly, safe, and clean. But when an unusual assignment pulls back the curtain on the government's true motives, Melody uncovers a terrifying secret: the US hasn't just regulated magic to keep the peace. They've systematically lied to the public to siphon its power, and keep everyone thoroughly miserable. Now, the ultimate rule-follower must learn how to break every single one, or else let her home remain in dark, soul-crushing control forever.

Jo Macalintang has built a successful jewelry empire by making smart decisions. Then one podcast interview nearly destroyed it. After publicly declaring that younger men are emotionally immature, Jo finds herself at the center of an online backlash that threatens both her reputation and her business. Determined to prove she's right, she launches a viral dating experiment: Team 30s vs Team 40s. The rules are simple. Date younger men. Date older men. Collect the evidence. Win the argument. What Jo doesn't expect is Vito Araneta. A tattooed jewelry designer with long hair, a motorcycle, and enough confidence to ignore every assumption she makes about him. He's younger. He's exactly her type of mistake. And he's starting to make her question everything she thought she knew about love, maturity, and herself. Because proving a theory is easy. Falling for the exception is where things get complicated.

Survival is not the same thing as living. And staying busy is not the same thing as healing. Reading Growing Up Long Island: The Story Nobody Asked For, feels like sitting down with your best friend while she gets comfortable and spills all her tea-the family drama, heartbreak, bad decisions, grief, and stories she probably should have taken to the grave. With her signature New York bluntness, sharp humor, and zero-tolerance policy for bullshit, Tisha Fontaine delivers a raw and unapologetically honest memoir about trauma, motherhood, relationships, corporate gaslighting, and the exhausting burden of trying to be everything to everybody. From suffering a stroke in her twenties and enduring profound loss, to clashing with passive-aggressive Southern corporate culture and reaching a pandemic-induced breaking point, Tisha pulls no punches. She strips away the polished image of a clinical research professional and reveals the messy truth underneath-the grief-fueled distractions, unhealthy coping mechanisms, relationships she tried to save, and choices that almost cost her everything. This is not a perfectly packaged story of overnight transformation. It is about accountability, breaking generational patterns, outgrowing the "Captain Save-a-Hoe" complex, leaving rooms where you can no longer breathe, and doing the hard work of starting over. Growing Up Long Island is heartbreaking, hilarious, chaotic, and deeply human. It is for anyone who has ever lost themselves while trying to survive and had to leave an entire version of themselves behind to protect the future they deserve. Because sometimes, the story nobody asked for is exactly the one that needs to be told.

Luna is a young, aspiring astrophysicist in the midst of her life, who starts to volunteer at a local suicide hotline. One day, when the phone rings, a young woman with a beautiful, mesmerizing voice calls her from the edge of a train platform. Luna is captivated by the way the woman sounds and decides to meet up with her. The woman on the other end of the line is a chaotic, passionate women's rights activist with little faith left in life and everything that has to do with it. Theirs is a relationship of heartbreaking passion, hope and undeniable fatalism.

Isn't Almost the most startling word to ever come across? A beautiful blend of all the emotions. I almost made it to the list. I almost cleared my exam. I'm almost there. I'm almost done. It always leaves a sense of anticipation behind. Did they or did they not?

Love story.

you're the best part of my life.

if stuck, what should we do?

"CAN WISHES WRITTEN ON THE STARS COME TRUE?" Cleane Xyz Cortez is a reserved person, likes to eat foods, and loves the Sad Song by We The Kings, and writes her wishes in origami stars and store them in a jar since elementary. When she goes to Atendelle Prima University, her wishes are eventually manifesting and she meets the people that fulfil that--without her even knowing it. She also trusts people almost easily. Until her trust breaks her. Again. Will the stars still align for her favour?

Contemporaneo. Un ritratto lucido e malinconico di una generazione che possiede tutto il sapere del mondo in tasca, ma cerca disperatamente un motivo per tornare a sentire il peso reale della propria esistenza.

a story of a 21st century courting

this is just gonna be full of me complaining tbh. featuring special guest stars such as existential dread, daddy issues, and a great love for star trek and random emo stuff.

"Are you willing to take a leap and explore the world with me?" I'm a homebody. I love staying at the comforts of my own home, being clingy with my bed, having a date with my books while sipping my freshly brewed coffee poured in my favorite cup. I'm someone who loves routines. Everything should be properly organized and well-executed for me to consider my day a perfect one. I love being in control and planning ahead. My future has been properly laid out already-- even what happens when I die, where my assets will be given to, everything's just waiting for them to take place. I've got a plan for everything but if there's one thing that I wasn't able to anticipate, it's being a victim of the taunting quarter-life crisis. What happens if I suddenly experienced a need to have a change in environment? What happens when dissatisfaction and discontentment wash over my system? Will I be swimming along the current of the waves? Or will I drown in the vast waters of the ocean?

Luna es una chica que intenta pasar desapercibida, después de unos cuántos errores logró estabilizar su vida, hasta que llegan dos chicos nuevos al instituto dispuestos a derrumbar sus esquemas

A collection of alphabetic poems for the depressed millenial in you

It's time for the Halloween Party, but will a mystery guest ruin everything?