Title: The Man Who Slept in Mirrors
Author: Noelle Halverson
Chapter 1: The First Reflection
There once was a man who never slept in a bed.
He slept only in mirrors.
Each night, he would place a mirror beside him, lean into the glass, and vanish. His body
remained, but his soul would pass into the reflection—into other versions of himself, other lives,
other rooms.
He was not escaping. He was searching.
Chapter 2: Rooms That Didn’t Exist
Inside the mirrors, the man found impossible places.
A train station where time ran backward.
A bedroom with rain falling upward.
A forest made entirely of windows.
Sometimes, he met people who knew his name. Other times, he met people who feared him.
But he never stayed too long. Mirrors, like dreams, resent being held.
Chapter 3: The Woman in the Shattered Frame
One night, he entered a mirror that was cracked.
Inside, the world was jagged and incomplete.
There, he met a woman with eyes made of dusk.
She said only one thing:
“We’re all broken somewhere. The question is—do you walk through the crack or stare at it
forever?”
Then she vanished, and the mirror turned black.
Chapter 4: The Final Reflection
He grew older. His visits into mirrors became longer. Reality felt thinner, like old paper in rain.
One night, he looked into the mirror and saw no reflection at all. Just light. Endless light.
He smiled, finally understanding:
He wasn’t running from the world.
He was becoming it.
Then, he stepped forward—
And never came back.
Epilogue: An Empty Room, a Mirror, and a Whisper
They say his body was found sitting peacefully, hands folded.
Beside him, a mirror.
And if you lean close—very close—you might hear a voice from the other side:
“Don’t be afraid to enter yourself.”