Don't Look Down

 This is one of those stories I didn't think was going to be about something important. I just wanted to write a fun story involving some weird folklore things. Instead, it's… much more.

Don't Look Down started with me wanting to write about atmospheric beasts. That led to Star jelly. And then somehow the Talking Heads song And She Was became involved.

It was supposed to be about an autistic girl going on a little adventure in the sky. It became a story about an abused autistic girl living in a group home where she is safe for the first time, and running away into the sky because it doesn't feel real. It feels like she's a cartoon character walking off the edge of a cliff, believing everything is fine, until she looks down and falls.

"Don't Look Down" is available now at Kaleidotrope.