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A Leap in The Sky is a short story written by Srijan Sharma. This book was written in 2020, and published in 2021. A Leap in The Sky is a beautiful story, woven around the life of a young boy, Alan Davies, who dreams of one day being able to soar through the high skies like a mighty eagle.

Synopsis
This story follows the life of a young boy, Alan, who when younger would always dream to fly. But one day, an incident occurred that changed all of this! The incident triggered his acrophobia, and he was now scared of heights. He was trapped in a void, filled with fear. Fear is not something to be taken lightly, but something to be fought against. Fear has always existed. It shall always exist, even long after humanity ceases to. But how was one supposed to face this fear? How would Alan face his fear of heights? Alan's enemy was none other than himself. It was his acrophobic inner self. He had always wondered what it would feel like to explore the sky. He had dreamed of flying! When looking up, you gaze into the vast emptiness of our sky. You see kilometers of nothing but air. But this was different with Alan. He did not just see air, he saw his dream! Alan had always wanted to explore this vast, azure emptiness. He always felt jealous of birds, who were free to explore the skies as they pleased. They had the ability to fly! They were able to fly at great heights without the fear of falling, they were untouchable! Alan wanted to be like a bird. He wanted to find out what it felt like, to have the wind rush past you at frightening speeds, he wanted to see the world from up there. He would always wonder what it would feel like to soar the sky like a mighty eagle. One day, Alan saw an interview on the TV about a man who went skydiving. The man described it as the ability to fly, and conquer the skies. When he saw the interview, he knew that skydiving was something he was born to do! A way to explore the sky, that was what he had always wanted! He had made up his mind, that one day, he would go skydiving for sure, but little did he know, that a traumatizing experience could change all of this. A small, minor incident had the power to change everything. It had created a barrier of fear between him and his dream. The trauma he faced as a child created an enemy, his fear of heights, and now it was all up to him to try until he could find a way to break out of this barrier, or stay trapped in the chains of fear that detained him.