Thirteen Reflections

On the night of Friday the 13th, in the eerie halls of the infamous abandoned Firestone Manor, a dead body is found in front of an antique mirror, shattered into countless jagged shards. The police call it a tragic accident. Carousel Ryder knows better. As she digs into the Firestone past, she uncovers a sinister family curse, whispered rumors of a haunted mirror, and a string of mysterious deaths stretching back generations.

Jackson Firestone Clairmont, the last surviving member of the cursed bloodline, races to help Cari unravel the truth before the mirror claims another victim. But when the reflections begin to shift-showing glimpses of the past, the future, and something inhuman lurking beneath the glass-Jax realizes that breaking the curse might come at an unspeakable cost...losing the woman he is meant to love for eternity.

Because some mirrors don't just reflect the world. They trap souls. And once you look in... something else might be looking back.

A Friday the 13th Short Story: 13 authors 13 suspenseful stories. Murder and mayhem on Friday the 13th... Find each story in the series on Amazon.

Maxine Douglas first began writing in the early 1970s while in high school. She took every creative writing course offered at the time and focused her energy for many years after that on poetry. It wasn't until a dear friend's sister revealed she was about to become a published author that jumpstarted Maxine into getting the ball rolling; she finished her first manuscript in a month.

Maxine and her late husband moved to Oklahoma in 2010 from Wisconsin. Since then Maxine has rekindled her childhood love of westerns. She has a son, two granddaughters, a great-granddaughter, and a domestic grey tabby named Simon. And many friends she now considers her Oklahoma family.

One of the things Maxine has learned over the years is that you can never stop dreaming and reaching for the stars. Sooner or later you touch one and it'll bring you more happiness than you can ever imagine. Maxine feels lucky and blessed, that over the past several years she's been able to reach out and touch the stars--and she's still reaching.

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