I’ve spent most of my childhood amongst the clouds, dreaming of the world below. My only connection to the ground is the one I can see from my bedroom window, a thousand metres up. Dad says it’s too dangerous down there. We mustn’t think of the infected as people anymore.

Billie J. Daniel’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in HAD, BULL, The Bulb Region, Shadow and Sax, Blood + Honey Lit, and others. Discover more online at billiejdaniel.com and on Instagram at @billiejdaniel.