Doppelganger Tragedy: A Short Horror Story

“The beginning of what looked to be a particularly good dream was just starting when the tapping sound echoed through the room again. He was awake just enough to hear the direction it came from this time though. It was coming from the hallway. Possibly the front door…”

Reflective surfaces are everywhere but nobody ever really pays attention to them. The whole world just takes them for granted that they will always be there; but what if our reflective doubles were actually plotting against us the whole time? Watching and waiting until that perfect moment when we are close and our guard is down. Then they pounce! Time is up. One reflection is tired of just being the other side of the same coin, tired of being ignored and taken for granted. He wants to be the only side.