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No hallway, no furniture, no Elias. Just a flat, silver void. Then, a face pressed against the inside of the glass. It was his own face, distorted by a scream, palms slamming against the surface of the mirror from the other side.

The reflection’s eyes were wide with a terror Elias had never felt. It raised a trembling hand, pointing toward the dark corner of the real hallway, right behind Elias's left shoulder.

Elias didn’t want to turn around. He kept his eyes locked on the mirror. Then, a pale, spindly hand—long fingers ending in jagged, black nails—reached out from the darkness of the real hallway and rested gently on Elias’s shoulder. Horror Story

But this time, the reflection wasn't looking at him. It was looking at something behind Elias.

Start with small, "wrong" details and gradually increase the tension until the final reveal or twist. No hallway, no furniture, no Elias

At first, nothing was wrong. He would check his tie in the morning or brush his hair before bed, seeing only what he expected: a tired man in his late twenties. The change started on Tuesday.

He blinked, rubbed his eyes, and looked back at the glass. The door in the reflection was shut now, too. "Just tired," he muttered, the sound of his own voice strangely hollow. It was his own face, distorted by a

He stepped into the hallway, his heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped bird. The sheet lay in a heap. The mirror was bare. In the dim moonlight, he saw himself—or rather, the thing that looked like him—standing inside the glass.