In the Looking Glass

By Mike Ramon

A short story: A man finds a mirror with a note stating that it is free to take. What he doesn't know is that this is no ordinary mirror. And it has something terrifying to show him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mike Ramon
• Release date: Nov 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311725387

Mike Ramon

Born and bred in the Midwest.

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IN THE LOOKING GLASS

Mike Ramon

© 2015 M. Ramon

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One

When Frank saw it leaning up against the side of a building on Dresden Ave. he gave it a glance and nearly walked on by. How different things would have been for him if he had done just that. But he hadn’t. Something nagged at him as he passed the full-length mirror, its reflective surface streaked with such dirt and dust that barely any reflection could be seen at all. His steps first slowed, and then stopped altogether. He turned back and walked up to the mirror.

There was a folded scrap of paper tucked into the edge of the frame. Frank looked around; he was alone on the street. He pulled the scrap of paper free of the frame, unfolded it and read, in a neat, slightly slanting script:

I am free. Take me.

Someone wanted to get rid of the mirror, and instead of just tossing it in a Dumpster they had left it leaning there for anyone to take. Frank thought about it for a moment. His apartment was cramped as it was. He might not even have an apartment much longer if he didn’t find another job soon. Did he really need one more thing that he would