Broken Mirror
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Classified. Runner-Up in Broken Mirror Challenge.
Redacted Excerpts From The Classified Journal of Sylvia Martin Final Entry The mirror showed a reflection that wasn’t my own. After all I’ve been through, it’s almost a relief. I smashed the glass, sending a thousand versions of Not-Sylvia scattering across the bedroom carpet. I selected a wickedly sharp sliver and hid it in my dressing gown pocket. I know now what I must do… and I welcome it.
By Angel Whelan4 years ago in Fiction
The Glass Lies. Runner-Up in Broken Mirror Challenge.
I. The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. I looked at it, as I had every morning for 37 years. It was the image of a kind man - the sort who gave five dollars to panhandlers and smiled at baristas. The face was unlined and ageless. It was an arresting face. Not pretty-boy handsome, but well-chiseled and distinguished. Trustworthy, my customers called it.
By Pitt Griffin4 years ago in Horror
Heiress. Runner-Up in Broken Mirror Challenge.
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn’t my own. Everyone said I had my grandmother’s green eyes. I had grown up hearing it my entire life, first from my mother when she would tuck me into bed with a bedtime story. Then from my nurse, Mabel, after mother died. Mabel had more wrinkles than my taffeta dress after the day I slipped out of the garden and skipped lessons to go swimming in the family pond. In fact, it had been Mabel who caught me and took a switch to my bottom until I promised never to roam off the estate again. But the dress was never the same. Neither was I.
By Allison Baggott-Rowe4 years ago in Fiction
The House of No Reflection. Runner-Up in Broken Mirror Challenge.
“The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own.” Samantha Banes said, while David wrote notes at a furious pace on the yellow paper pad on his lap. She sat curled up in her armchair looking into the distance, as if the window beside her was not obstructed by a daylight rimmed curtain.
By Susanna Kiernan4 years ago in Fiction
In Him, We Know Freedom. Runner-Up in Broken Mirror Challenge.
Now available in print in It's All in my Mind, a collection of stories about psychological horror, and published in Issue 5 of the online magazine 7th-Circle Pyrite. This story is also featured on MetaStellar's website.
By Stephen A. Roddewig4 years ago in Horror
Mirror Monster. Runner-Up in Broken Mirror Challenge.
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. I stared into it, my counterpart staring back. Everything matched equally, my blue eyes, blonde hair, and strong face all took their place opposite me, as at should have been. There was only one difference, that scar…
By ThatWriterWoman4 years ago in Horror
