im a student To read is to participate in consciousness, and to write is to reach across solitude in search of resonance. If these stories have done their work, then perhaps you have felt something stir—an echo of your own questions, your own journey. If not answers, then at least better questions. And so, we end with this: In an age of algorithms and engineered narratives, what will you choose to believe, to create, to endure? Will your story be written for you… or by you? – The Author