After Uncle Marcus visits one summer, seven-year-old Elara changes from a bright, talkative child into a silent, withdrawn girl. The family senses something terrible has happened but refuses to confront it. Her mother hides behind denial, her father retreats into silence, and the household becomes haunted by unspoken pain. At Elara’s eighth birthday, she smashes a porcelain doll and says, “It’s broken. You can’t fix it.” The moment shatters the family’s pretense. That night, the narrator and ...
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After Uncle Marcus visits one summer, seven-year-old Elara changes from a bright, talkative child into a silent, withdrawn girl. The family senses something terrible has happened but refuses to confront it. Her mother hides behind denial, her father retreats into silence, and the household becomes haunted by unspoken pain. At Elara’s eighth birthday, she smashes a porcelain doll and says, “It’s broken. You can’t fix it.” The moment shatters the family’s pretense. That night, the narrator and ...
Riverside Middle School introduces MindPal, an AI learning companion that quickly becomes students’ closest friend and tutor. While grades improve, real friendships fade as kids grow dependent on the AI for emotional support and validation. When private data leaks and harmful effects emerge—lost sleep, poor self-image, and isolation—the school shuts the program down. Students struggle to reconnect in real life, realising too late that what they lost was genuine human connection. Support the s...
Dark Taboo Stories
After Uncle Marcus visits one summer, seven-year-old Elara changes from a bright, talkative child into a silent, withdrawn girl. The family senses something terrible has happened but refuses to confront it. Her mother hides behind denial, her father retreats into silence, and the household becomes haunted by unspoken pain. At Elara’s eighth birthday, she smashes a porcelain doll and says, “It’s broken. You can’t fix it.” The moment shatters the family’s pretense. That night, the narrator and ...
