Threshold
Threshold is a long time coming. Originally a manuscript I started writing back in 2007, frustrations led me to shelve the incomplete story. I would pick it up again later to blow the dust off, read through it, and try again – only to shelve it once more… actually, a few times more. The story would ruminate in my brain until Fall 2018, when I decided I needed to clear space in my head for some new ideas.
After the death of her grandmother, Cate inherits an antique mirror. The frame is detailed and ageless. The glass unmarred and impeccable. The reflection… Cate can’t quite put her finger on it, but there’s something wrong with the way her reflection looks back at her.
Cate assumes the mirror has a storied history, but it doesn’t seem to have any history at all. Previous owners have all died or disappeared, leaving Cate to piece together the origin of this mysterious heirloom. At first, this didn’t seem like a problem, but Cate’s ordinary life is twisting in unusual ways since taking ownership of the artifact. Plagued by nightmares and haunted by her own reflection, she can hardly close her eyes, afraid of what new glimmer she might find looking back at her. Perhaps it is exhaustion. Perhaps it is something else entirely.