Tommy didn't step thought the looking glass...

He failed to step off the bridge. It saved his life.

Maybe.

That was due to the flying man, who suggested that, instead of dying that night, he might try coming to see his band play at a club, instead. That one, rather strange, event, starts a chain reaction that Tom would have never figured could happen, much less would.

Ending up in a place that both does, and doesn't, exist. Embroiled in intrigue that even he isn't certain is real.