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Mirror in the Bathroom [Excerpt]
Recollection by Christine Wong Yap
Artwork by Jenifer Wofford
I had gotten home from middle school and to kill time before dinner, I went to my older sister’s room. . . . Just as I hit the power button on our Commodore Amiga PC, rumbling started, so for a half a second, my mind raced for a connection, as if I caused it. . . . [The] shaking got violent and I think I looked at my sister, and we both said, “Earthquake!?” as we dived under the desks.
When we assessed the aftermath, we found that a magnifying mirror fell from the bathroom windowsill and broke. Our relief that there wasn’t worse damage was tainted by superstitious beliefs – the broken mirror as an omen of bad luck.