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Write a story that involves a reflection in a mirror.

Posted in Horror on Oct 26, 2022

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Mirror, Mirror not on the wall

Submitted to Contest #101

Who would have thought that being unable to see myself would be the thing I would hate most about being a vampire. That staring into the blank screen of my computer as my game loaded would give me crippling depression, that getting my hair cut without being able to see my hair get cut would be such an anxiety-inducing task, that staring into my girlfriends’ eyes as we made love and not being able to see my reflection in them would make our lovemaking so bland. It was not always the case though. My obsession with my looks started in 1729. I...

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Seven Years

Submitted to Contest #101

This reception is so suffocating, I think to myself as I walk in for what must be my fifteenth visit to the optometrist this month."Fifteen too little, my dear," I rehear mother snigger in her senile English accent as I left in a state this morning.I loathe this place. Having not slept more than two hours in the last three days, my physical, let alone my mental state, is in no way prepared for this. The white stained walls and speckled tile floors; always so clean and pristine make my teeth ache. The monotony of endless medical posters ...

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Play It Again

Submitted to Contest #101

“Where did you get this?” “Where did I get what?” “This oval mirror, with the wood frame. Some kind of bird carved on the top. Looks like a black bird, raven, one of those strange birds. And here on the bottom some kind of plant. A vine of some kind, but the leaves appear to have faces.” “It belonged to my Grandmother. It was in the basement of her old house. The silver backing is starting to go so the reflection is a bit cloudy, but it’s the sentiment that I enjoy.” “You remember this mirror being in your Grand...

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Broken Mirror

Submitted to Contest #101

At dawn, Darryl was already down. Drawing an imaginary gun in the head couldn’t have been the right way to start off the day. Gone amid thousand thoughts, he believed his nightmare was the sole reason the sun hadn’t risen yet. Feeling his muscles contracted just like in the dream, Darryl growled then wondered whether he was not trapped in a dream loop. Touching his coronal suture and feeling nothing, Darryl pumped up his chest before releasing a sigh of relief. “It was a nightmare just a nightmare” He repeated the same words in and out of hi...

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The Detective

Submitted to Contest #101

Detective Sutherly stepped carefully into the room.  It was a large space and he well short of the body, but it was his habit, born of cruel experience, to always advance cautiously in matters of this sort.   Sir Giles Niven’s study was like something out of the Arabian Nights and the detective braced himself, glad, and not for the first time, or even the hundred and first, that he was not a member of the forensic team, those men who would have to go through it all piece by piece.   Overstuffed, high backed chairs ...

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Living a life in moments(reflection in the mirror)

Submitted to Contest #101

Some opportunities in life are only surfaced for a moment, if you capture them at that instant, it’s yoursor else it becomes your remorse. Recognizing that opportunity and acting the right way can be called as an art or maybe an intuition, a blessed gift. All don’t have that. It’s rare. In our culture a very lucky man is often referred as PARAS, a rare stone that turns everything that it touches into gold, something valuable and worthwhile. We may say that anyone who holds to every valuable opportunity offered without was...

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Bad Architecture

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BAD ARCHITECTURE I have lived in this condo for, what, almost a year? In all that time, I would never have guessed … About a week ago, I got up to get a drink of water in the middle of the night. I’d been out with friends the night before, and we had drunk some wine. It was around three in the morning, when I woke up, parched, so I stumbled half asleep into the ensuite bathroom to get some water. This is my home, and I know it pretty well, and I have pretty good night vision, so I hadn’t turned on any lights, with o...

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Once upon a time, when exploring my reflection, I really lost my weight as I viewed myself in the mirror, I saw my reflection and image.

Submitted to Contest #101

Once upon a time, when exploring my reflection, I really lost my weight as I viewed myself in the mirror, I saw my reflection.The mirror is a polished or smooth surface as of glass that forms images by reflection. She looked at herself in the mirror. Mirrors are of two types which are mainly plane mirrors and spherical mirrors entirely.It is also believed that in 1835, German chemist Justus von Liebig developed a process for applying a thin layer of metallic silver to one side of a pane of clear glass. It noted that it was the German Chemist...

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Her Reflection

Submitted to Contest #101

My alarm begins to howl on the dresser beside me letting me know it’s now 6:30am and time to get myself up and ready for my shift at the cafe. My boyfriend lying beside me rolls over slowly and rambles on about how my shift doesn’t start until nine o’clock and waking up over two hours early is unnecessary. I gently smile and remind him I have a long morning routine as I roll out of bed and head straight towards the ten-foot-high mirror that sits in the corner of my room.  I stand with my feet shoulder length apart staring at my reflec...

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The Noise

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The Noise Julie gazed in the mirror at the bags under her eyes. It looked as though she’d age ten years since she moved into a tiny downtown apartment. She referred to downtown as the forbidden city. There was never a moment of silence. She listened to the cars go by after she washed her face. Someone was always going somewhere or arriving.  Julie thought of all the other laces she’d rather be, but she didn’t have the money to move. Maybe she could save up enough money to stay at a cabin at the mountains. One...

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Vengeance, guilt, revenge, pain

Submitted to Contest #101

TW: gore, murder I stood there in my dimly lit room. That was one of the few things my mother allowed me to choose...the lighting of my room. Not that it mattered. I just wanted something to match my dimly lit world. I was staring at the mirror. I never used to do that. I don’t go out of the house much. And I am never told to dress to impress. However, I would glance at it once in a while. This time I look way different. There was a pool of blood at my feet. My shirt was dripping with cold red blood. My white shirt was badly stained, I would...

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Rapunzel - Your favorite epic story

Submitted to Contest #101

There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire. These people had a little window at the back of their house from which a splendid garden could be seen, which was full of the most beautiful flowers and herbs. It was, however, surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared to go into it because it belonged to an enchantress, who had great power and was dreaded by all the world. One day the woman was standing by this window and looking down into the garden...

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The Last Thing

Submitted to Contest #101

The soft, cool breeze blew across my face. Millions of snowflakes danced without fail, circling my shivering body. I cringed. My black raven hair immediately stood up and followed the breeze across my face, only it stuck on my bare head and pulled me along. My clothes were completely in rags and looked of no colour existing. I exhaled as white mist exited through my mouth. This was a glacial place. I don’t know how many more moments I could take in that icy wonderland. Collapsing towards the powdery snow, I took a deep breath and then fell u...

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The Velvet Knight

Submitted to Contest #101

As the sun was moving towards late afternoon, the General’s footsteps rang across the empty corridors of the mansion. An eerie silence dogged each step, as if nature was holding its breath, waiting for the General to express his will. Dreaming! Click… Praying! Clack… Yearning! Click… Starving! Clack… It was a special day, today, a monumental day… liberation day! Eight of July 2030, the day the World stood still, the day when fifteen years ago the General had marched his armies across Batna with forceful passion towards freedom, safety and pr...

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Mirrored Vision

Submitted to Contest #101

Jan lives in a small but comfortable home. She has three brothers, they're all older and she's only the youngest by 10 lousy minutes. Her brothers are good at everything, and they have always been. Being the first to accomplish something has always been hard for Jan to do, because her brothers have beaten her to it. Though, it is the first day of school, and anything could happen! Not only is it a new school this year, but it's high school! She can't believe she made it. She's very anxious about it, no question, and unsure of what to expec...

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