Mirrored Worlds

By N Ponders

A world of aliens, nixats, wizards and inventions that he can't quite figure out surround Rin. In this sci-fi/fantasy short story, watch Rin as he unravels the mysteries of a mirror that shows a fantasy world that he can't fathom, or reconcile with his fast-paced, hi-tech world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: N Ponders
• Release date: Mar 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311104236

N Ponders

Born and bred with a love of language, N Ponders went on to get a Bachelor's degree in English and Linguistics.N Ponders lives with zer family. Ze spends zis free time--when it can be found--creating fantastical stories, learning languages, creating artwork in all forms, gardening, and spending time remodeling zer house in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America. Ze is an avid gardener and wildcrafter. Zis favorite use for the internet is preserving herbal, and other, lore.Although ze has been writing since ze was a child, ze started the stories of The Caillte Cycle when in zer mid-teens, and has been writing sci-fi, fantasy, poetry and children's lit ever since.My pronouns are ze/zim/zer or they/them.

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Mirrored Worlds

By N Ponders

This work is fictitious. Any resemblance to persons, characters or situations, real or imagined, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Contents

Mirrored Worlds

Beginning Obsessions

Returning Over Skywalks

Changing Sides

Fortunate Falls

Powerful Forces

Side Notes

Decisions of an Old Man

Colliding Worlds

A Wizard's Way

Ending Hope

Beginning Obsessions

He pressed his nose against the glass.

He backed up and ran towards the mirror. He stopped right before hitting it, his courage leaving him.

He examined the piece again. He looked at the frame. It was sleek and metallic. The glass inside the frame was smooth, perfect. The picture inside the frame was ever-changing. It was the size of an average human when he stood to his full height, maybe a little taller. It was as wide as an average human, too. He had bought it as a painting, but he had other inklings now. He had a feeling it was more than it was being auctioned off as. It seemed to be more than a simple painting. On closer examination, now that it was in his study, he thought it might be some sort of portal. But he did not know how to get to the other side. There was no obvious activation method.

Rin, said the man behind him. Well, Rin supposed that he was a man. You never could tell with nixats. Their species did not even have hair to help you out, just those tiny, variegated, green scales that covered their bodies. Not to mention those odd frills above their eyes. It proved an evolutionary mystery to many, including Rin. He did not see the point in broadcasting your emotions through color. It meant sometimes others knew what you felt before you did, and it took years of training to have some sort of control over it. At least, that’s what Rin had been taught about the nixats.

Nixat culture did not provide differences for dressing