Description:

In a Boston dorm, a student learns that some mirrors don’t just reflect—they breathe. And sometimes, they want company.

✨ 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-three

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
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• Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
• Or, leave a comment on this page.

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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

Links and References

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:

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

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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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In Des Moines, a mother tries to comfort her daughter, who insists the girl in the bathroom mirror isn’t her reflection—but someone else who already knows her name. What begins as a child’s eerie game turns into something far more unsettling, as laughter echoes from behind the glass.

✨ 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 Nine

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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Plano, TX. Twenty twenty-five. October third.
Clients trust me with their heads. They sit in the chair, drape the cape, and give me permission to change how they look. But lately I don’t trust my own mirrors.

✨ 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 Three

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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