Channel 13
The Mirror Broadcast
Time blurred. Conversations looped. People repeated themselves mid-sentence, then acted like nothing had happened. And her reflection…
It stopped syncing.
At first it was subtle—half a second behind. Then it started smiling when she didn’t. Tilting its head at angles she never moved.
One night, she woke up at 3:13 a.m. The TV was already on.
The host stood behind his podium. And next to him, the second podium.
She knew what was coming.
Her reflection appeared behind it—perfectly still. Wearing her face. Wearing her clothes.
But not wearing her.
“You got your wish,” it said. “Now… it’s your turn.”
The lights in the studio flared. The screen went black.
But the audience clapped. Clapped. Clapped.
She hadn’t made another wish. But the show wasn’t waiting.
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