Lunatica

"Lunatica: Shattered Pixels" is a haunting and deeply emotional novel that follows Lunatica, a young girl trapped in a toxic household, suffocated by conflict, silence, and abandonment. When her only source of comfort-a mysterious digital character inside her video game-becomes the sole witness to her fears, hopes, and pain, the boundary between reality and the virtual world begins to blur.

Through raw and heart-wrenching pages, the reader is drawn into the slow shattering of her resilience: the fights between her parents, the weight of imposed choices, and the emptiness that consumes every day of her adolescence. Yet, in the heart of this darkness, a fragile connection endures: a pixelated companion who, despite being nothing more than code, seems to understand the depth of her suffering better than anyone else.

A powerful, unsettling, and profoundly human story about isolation, fragile hope, and the desperate need to be seen. "Shattered Pixels" is a journey through despair and the longing for connection-a story that lingers long after the final page.

I originally wrote this story in 2019.