The latest collection from author David V. Stewart is out now!
Who was Generation Y? Not even they themselves seem to remember. Perched between the cynical Generation X and the activist Millennials, Generation Y was a cohort that lived on both sides of the divide. They had an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. They grew up playing with the best toys ever made, and their childhood seemed to stretch endlessly into a grey youth. They came of age right before 9/11, a turning point for culture and politics, and as a result, they have been afflicted by nostalgia to a near clinical degree.
From author David V. Stewart, author of Eyes in the Walls, comes an eclectic collection of stories, scenes and aphorisms exploring the perspective and emotions of those born in the late-1970s to late-1980s, the forgotten “Gen Y.” Wistful childhood experience and painful memory mix, leading past despair to hope and finally acceptance.
Afterglow offers the literary equivalent of a house of mirrors: reflections that are familiar and affirming, and yet uncomfortable when viewed askew.
As someone who edited a few of these in the free Gen Y book, I can definitely say this is definitely going to be worth anyone’s time. David has a real way of evoking this era very well.
Speaking of Gen Y, our Batman, Kevin Conroy, has reportedly just died. Quite the unexpected turn.
This unprecedented series of sudden deaths is altogether normal and certainly not the fault of medical experiments on the genpop by our deranged rulers.
Eternal memory.
I’m about halfway through and loving it so far. The tale about Jimmy the Pizza Guy is probably the most whitepilled, uplifting story of Gen Y I’ve yet encountered.
Glad you liked the recommendation!
I had a strange thought in that I wonder if ZippyCatholic (RIP) inadvertently contributed to Cultural Ground Zero. If you don’t know, he was a software guy who formed a company based on his change-detection software in ~’96-97 and made hundreds of millions because it changed checking your favorite sites from a slog and a chore to easy and convenient. It helped break the net wide open.