My name is Sophie. In all of the worlds I know, I am one of three children. There is me, and there is Helen, and then Francis Patrick. We were all born in the teens of the century, … the century that’s been, the twentieth. All three of us remember the Great War, though very dimly. I remember the glancing light in father’s saloon, against the mirrors, and the strange visitors.
I don’t know whence came those mirrors, but I do know that I learned their secret rather early. It was no secret to me, at least, and mother and father both looked at me with their sly expression; Francis Patrick had a touch of it too, but only a touch.
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As I begin revisions on The Shape-shifter’s Tale, I will be posting character interview excerpts for the main cast of the novel. This week’s excerpt comes from the interview with Sophie, the narrator’s great-aunt.
Weekend Writing Warriors offers eight-sentence excerpts from a variety of writers; see the other excerpts here.
E. P. Beaumont 
The secret of the mirrors.
Great hook, makes readers want to know more.
Well done!
Elegant prose, wonderful details, captivating snippet. Great stuff!
A fascinating tale and the mirrors are an intriguing new element. Great snippet!
All the worlds? Connection with the mirrors?
Oh golly, what does she see in the mirrors?
I wander what the mirrors are all about. Are the visitors going out of them?