the Balloon Artist
Unleases a Spectacle
of Disaster
Andrew Walker
At the time it seemed like a cool idea -- gather 2,500 people on
Public Square to inflate 1.5 million helium balloons and then
launch the entire colorful cluster into the sky.
— Michael O'Malley, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
ANDREW WALKER is a writer from Colorado living in Michigan. Their work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Ninth Letter, Bodega, and elsewhere. Find all of their work at druwalker.com.
The art that appears alongside this piece is by GARRETT FULLER.