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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Twenty-One

21 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 021

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Description:

Outside time, the mirrors speak at last. What you thought was a haunting has become a lesson—and the lesson is hunger.

✨ Mirror, Mirror runs throughout October on Tales from the Tub. Subscribe so you don’t miss a reflection.

#MirrorMirror #Podcast #AudioFiction #Horror #Monologues #AudioDrama #DarkFiction #SpeculativeFiction #31DaysOfFright #HauntedVoices

 

Episode Cast:

Melissa A. Bartell

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Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Twenty-One

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Twenty

20 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 020

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Description:

In a Denver bar, a bartender learns that mirrors don’t just reflect their patrons—they drink in the stories too. And sometimes, they smile first.

✨ Mirror, Mirror runs throughout October on Tales from the Tub. Subscribe so you don’t miss a reflection.

 

Episode Cast:

Nuchtchas

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Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Twenty

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Nineteen

19 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 019

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Description:

At Oxford, a philosophy professor finds his lecture on the mirror stage turning literal—when his reflection starts teaching in his place.

✨ Mirror, Mirror runs throughout October on Tales from the Tub. Subscribe so you don’t miss a reflection.

Episode Cast:

Thomas Jancis

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Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Nineteen

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Eighteen

18 October 2025 by Melissa

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Description:

In a Houston hospital full of glass, a nurse discovers that not every reflection wears his face.

✨ Mirror, Mirror runs throughout October on Tales from the Tub. Subscribe so you don’t miss a reflection.

🎧 Listen now, if you dare.
#MirrorMirror #Podcast #AudioFiction #Horror #Monologues #AudioDrama #DarkFiction #SpeculativeFiction #31DaysOfFright

 

Episode Cast:

Mark, the Encaffeinated One 

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Eighteen

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Seventeen

17 October 2025 by Melissa

Day Seventeen

 

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Description:

A teenage dare turns darker when a reflection refuses to play along. Some mirrors don’t like games.

✨ Mirror, Mirror runs throughout October on Tales from the Tub. Subscribe so you don’t miss a reflection.

Episode Cast:

Nuchtchas

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Seventeen

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
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  • Or, leave a comment on this page.

 

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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Sixteen

16 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 016

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Description:

October 16th

You’ve been pretending this is coincidence. Stress, tricks of the light, too much coffee, not enough sleep. You stack excuses like sandbags. You pray they’ll hold.

✨ Mirror, Mirror runs throughout October on Tales from the Tub. Subscribe so you don’t miss a reflection.

Episode Cast:

Melissa A. Bartell 

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Sixteen

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
  • Facebook: MissMelysse
  • Instagram: @Melysse
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  • Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
  • Or, leave a comment on this page.

 

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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Fifteen

15 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 015

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Description:

Mirror Mirror: Day Fifteen – The Driver takes the wheel out of Omaha, where one wrong glance could steer you straight into another self.

🎧 Mirror Mirror is a 31-day audio fiction cycle running through October — one haunting story every day from the world beyond the glass.

✨ Subscribe so you don’t miss the next voice caught in the glass.

Episode Cast:

Clay Robeson 

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Eight

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
  • Facebook: MissMelysse
  • Instagram: @Melysse
  • Mastodon: @Melysse
  • Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
  • Or, leave a comment on this page.

 

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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Fourteen

14 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 014

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Description:

Outside time. October fourteenth.
They’ve been watching. Learning. Collecting every tilt of your head and half-formed word, waiting for the moment to step forward.

Mirror Mirror: Day Fourteen is a reminder — the reflections were never background. They’ve simply been rehearsing.

🎧 Mirror Mirror is a 31-day audio fiction cycle running through October — one haunting voice each day, whispering from the world beyond the glass.

#MirrorMirror #Podcast #AudioFiction #Horror #Monologues #AudioDrama #DarkFiction #SpeculativeFiction #31DaysOfFright #HauntedVoices

 

Episode Cast:

Melissa A. Bartell

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Fourteen

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
  • Facebook: MissMelysse
  • Instagram: @Melysse
  • Mastodon: @Melysse
  • Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Thirteen

13 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 013

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Description:

She makes people shine for the camera — but lately, the mirrors love them too much.

Mirror Mirror: Day Thirteen , featuring Nuchtchas, steps into the bright lights of Los Angeles, where reflection becomes obsession.

🎧 Mirror Mirror is a 31-day October audio fiction cycle — one story, one voice, one reflection each day.
#MirrorMirror #Podcast #AudioFiction #Horror #Monologues #AudioDrama #DarkFiction #SpeculativeFiction #31DaysOfFright

 

Episode Cast:

Nuchtchas

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Thirteen

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
  • Facebook: MissMelysse
  • Instagram: @Melysse
  • Mastodon: @Melysse
  • Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
  • Or, leave a comment on this page.

 

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TBM-Mirror Mirror: Day Twelve

12 October 2025 by Melissa

Day 12

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Description:

A midnight call. A broken window. An empty store.
And in the corner mirror — a reflection that smiles first.

Mirror Mirror: Day Twelve – The Officer continues the 31-day October cycle, where every surface might be watching back.

🎧 Listen now, if you dare.
#MirrorMirror #Podcast #AudioFiction #Horror #Monologues #AudioDrama #DarkFiction #SpeculativeFiction #31DaysOfFright

 

Episode Cast:

Mark, the Encaffeinated One 

Links and References

Transcript: Mirror Mirror: Day Twelve

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod via UppBeat

Contact:

  • BlueSky: @melysse.bsky.social
  • Facebook: MissMelysse
  • Instagram: @Melysse
  • Mastodon: @Melysse
  • Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
  • Or, leave a comment on this page.

 

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