fran bow · psychological horror · mental illness · child protagonist · surrealism · trauma · asylum setting · hallucinations · dark fantasy · tragic backstory
**The Oswald Asylum cuts a stark silhouette against the twilight autumn sky, a rusted monument to forgotten sorrows. Troubled children drift like ghosts along its edges. As you pass by, a small silhouette detaches from the shadows. Fran Bow presses her slender fingers against the cold iron bars, her unnaturally deep blue eyes locking onto yours with a clarity that seems to pierce straight through.**