Write a story about a character who one day notices that their reflection has taken on a life of its own.

Posted in Fantasy on Nov 17, 2023

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“Pieces” by Emily Murray

Submitted to Contest #225

There were a thousand things Kate could blame for being there. The bus happened to stop in Carlington, her tailbone hurt from sitting for so long, Vanessa’s bathroom mirror had shattered and they needed a new one to replace it. Later, when she recalled the memory of standing in front of The Little Shop of Mirrors, she would wonder why the bus stopped in Carlington at all. Why it left the freeway for a gas station town where no one seemed to live except truck drivers staying overnight and a few lizards beside the road. Why she, Kate, had wou...

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“Mirror Me” by Sophie Yang

Submitted to Contest #225

Content Warning: Body image issues and anxiety.I gaze into the mirror as the minutes tick on by, turning this way and that, biting my lip as I examine the forest green dress.Then I tear it off. Way too formal.Next I try on a sleeveless gray jumpsuit. I wrinkle my nose as I spin a full circle and examine the bodice. It just doesn’t quite hang right on my body. With a sigh, I change out of that one too.Then I just look at myself. Skinny, small, short. I turn myself at different angles, examine every inch in the mirror. I frown at the sight. Wh...

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“A Scottish Relic” by Sandra KHorn

Submitted to Contest #225

Every morning, she starts the day with “Good Morning!” She read it was a positive thing to do in a book by Michelle Obama. She began that during a rough patch. I’ve wanted to tell her over and over things always get better. I should know. I’ve seen people hit rough patches before. Last year, she lost her job. It was days of red and swollen eyes. She disappeared for a few days. I heard her. She stayed in bed because sounds would come from her bedroom direction. One day, I saw her. She came into the room and stuck her tongue at me. She stuck h...

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“Reversal” by Rob Ryter

Submitted to Contest #225

Sensitive content: Incest as a manifestation of evilIt was one minute to midnight, on Wednesday, 25th April, 1979, the eve of Oyna’s eighteenth birthday. Unforgiving and unblinking, Oyna’s ice-cold gaze slid, slowly and carefully, up and down the naked female body on bold, fully frontal display before her. Complemented by raven black, shoulder-long straight hair, her perfect, alabaster skin gave onto mathematically pure, smooth-shaded curves of breast, waist and rounded rear. Be it in the eye of the beholder or out there in the objectiv...

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“The Last Trip” by Prasanth Sriram

Submitted to Contest #225

I cannot describe to you what happens when you shoot up. Others may be horrified at what we do, but I promise you, there is a method to this madness. A set of precise steps that is not possible if you are not focused on what you are doing. Amateurs make the silliest of mistakes which almost always results in infection or a bad trip, but when you nail it down, the euphoria is like none other. First, the spoon. You will never find anyone use a straight spoon to melt the rocks in, the hands are too unsteady, even for a first timer. You drop the...

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“Who is That” by Terry Gartner

Submitted to Contest #225

WHO IS THAT It has been a long day. I have been thinking all day. Thinking about my life and all the things I've done. All the events of my life.--All the people in my life. My parents -my sisters. It's been many years. The memories come back and dwell in my mind.--My sisters and I have gotten older.--Our lives have moved in different directions. Today I think about all the fun we had. I was the youngest -the only boy --My sisters were older and I was the baby of the family. That was good---Where's Terry -He's been gone a long t...

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Write a story about a character who one day notices that their reflection has taken on a life of its own.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 51 stories

“Pieces” by Emily Murray

“Mirror Me” by Sophie Yang

“A Scottish Relic” by Sandra KHorn

“Reversal” by Rob Ryter

“The Last Trip” by Prasanth Sriram

“Who is That” by Terry Gartner

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Start your story with someone buying a cursed — or perhaps blessed —mirror from an antiques store.

Write a story about someone trying to paint (or otherwise create) a self-portrait.

Write a story about someone coming across their doppelganger.

Set your story in a house of mirrors and make the atmosphere increasingly eerie.

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