Mirrored, Darkly

2025 Storytrade and 2025 Penmasters Global award winner for Fiction: Horror

A killer stalks the shadows. A detective dances on the edge. And the only thing more dangerous than the truth... is desire.

Detective Sarah Murphy always believed in logic, evidence, and justice. But when a string of inexplicable, bloodless murders hits the city, her investigation plunges her into a twisted underground world of metal, sex, and obsession. As she tracks an elusive killer, Sarah finds herself drawn to a mysterious woman who awakens something dark inside her.

Torn between duty and desire, haunted by her past and hunted by something she can’t explain, Sarah spirals toward a confrontation where the price of survival may be her soul. Part psychological thriller, part noir horror, Mirrored, Darkly is a razor-sharp descent into darkness. 

And some mirrors don’t just reflect… they reveal.