Jem Calder's Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation on the cusp, enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.Audacious fictions for a generation wondering: What now?Julia has landed a fresh start at an up-and-coming city restaurant."Imagine that, " says her mother."I'm imagining."Her ex-boyfriend Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know that adults his age are more likely to live with their parents than with a romantic partner?Life should have started to take shape by now-but instead we're trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a good answer to the question "What do you do?