Setting and opening, the follow-up will revolve around "mirror replacement", "memory tampering" and "serial mysteries"
"Prisoner in the Mirror" (10,000-word suspense thriller novel)
core settings
-Protagonist: Su Wan, a freelance illustrator, lives alone in an apartment with a loft in the old city. He lost part of his memory due to a car accident six months ago, and there is a pale pink scar on his right shoulder that cannot go away.
- Key item: an antique mirror embedded in a mahogany frame in the attic. The edge of the mirror is engraved with vague patterns. It is said that the previous owner committed suicide in front of the mirror.
- Core suspense: Su Wan found that her "shadow" began to be disobedient - sometimes making different movements in the mirror, and sometimes "leaving" her body when she fell asleep; at the same time, "memories that did not belong to her" began to appear around her, such as cafes she had never been to, "old friends" she did not know, while truly familiar things were slowly disappearing (such as commonly used paintbrushes, books in fixed positions on the bookshelf).
Intent: Using "mirror replacement" as a thriller carrier, explore the fragility of "self-existence" - when the body, memory, and social connections are stolen bit by bit, is "I" a real existence, or is it an empty shell that can be replaced at any time? The shadows in the mirror are approaching step by step, which is not only a thrilling chase on the physical level, but also a sharp questioning of "whether individual uniqueness is really irreproducible." And the blood stains left on the edge of the mirror are the last lamentations of the devoured "self".