Z.N. Cruz writes stories that linger in the spaces between time and memory—where echoes live, and where not everything broken is meant to be repaired.

Her debut, The Zepherous Chronicles Episode I: Rebirth, is the first step into a much larger universe—one filled with shifting timelines, fractured moments, and the kind of decisions that leave you wondering what could’ve been.

She believes stories can be maps to forgotten places, and sometimes, they’re the only way back to who we were meant to be.

When not writing, Z.N. spends quiet evenings in West Hollywood with a fiercely loyal Yorkie and a deep love for collecting forgotten pieces of pop culture—old comic books, dusty VHS tapes, and memories that never really faded.

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