"It was five minutes before the end of the world. Well, the end of the world for us, anyway. Yue, Jenny, and I spent those five minutes trying to barely scrape by on some sort of presentation in AP Lit." Now that's a hook: Three friends, the end of the world, and Advanced Placement Literature class. So begins East Grove Hills by the pseudo-anonymous author, XYZ, and I was immediately drawn in...

Here I review author XYZ's entry in the 16th annual Interactive Fiction Competition. Standard spoiler alert: If you have not played the game, then view at your own risk.