Mirror [Paperback]

Graham Masterton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1989

It is said that a mirror can trap a person's soul...Martin Williams is a broke, two-bit screenwriter living in Hollywood, but when he finds the very mirror that once hung in the house of a murdered 1930s child star, he happily spends all he has on it. He has long obsessed over the tragic story of Boofuls, a beautiful and successful actor who was slaughtered and dismembered by his grandmother. However, he soon discovers that this dream buy is in fact a living nightmare; the mirror was not only in Boofuls house, but witness to the death of this blond-haired and angelic child, which in turn has created a horrific and devastating portal to a hellish parallel universe. So when Martin's landlord loses his grandson it is soon apparent that the mirror is responsible. But if a little boy has gone into the mirror, what on earth is going to come out?

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About the Author

Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh in 1946. After training as a newspaper reporter, Graham went on to edit the new British men's magazine Mayfair. At the age of 24, Graham was appointed executive editor of both Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. Graham Masterton's debut as a horror author began with the wildly popular The Manitou in 1976. Altogether Graham has written more than a hundred novels ranging from thrillers and horror, to disaster novels and historical sagas, as well as four short story collections. He lives in Surrey, England. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Tor Books (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812522028
• ISBN-13: 978-0812522020
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,086,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Masterton's best, March 9, 2002

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D. A. Dodd (Huntsville, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirror (Paperback)

Mirror, a horror novel originally published in the late 80s, is one of Masterton's finest. The story is top notch, well-crafted, and well-delivered. When TOR was publishing horror novels on a monthly basis, you could always look forward to a new Masterton title at least once a year.

The story centers around an fan obsessed with a child star who was murdered fifty years in the past, at the age of eight. The fan was so devoted to keeping the memory of the child star alive that he writes a musical based on the child's life. However, Hollywood has no takers for filming it.

The fan later discovers that some of items belonging to the child are available for sale. He purchases a mirror, later discovering that the child is still "alive" in the mirror. Later, when things take a turn for the worse, the fan discovers the truth behind the child's presence in the mirror. Then the real terror begins...

If you can find a copy of this one, it would be well worth your time to read. If you can't, pick up one of Masterton's recent novels published by Dorchester Publications under the Leisure horror line.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, original, and nightmarish, February 28, 2001

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Jim Lay (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mirror (Hardcover)

This book earned Graham Masterton a place on my bookshelf next to King, McCammon, Straub, and Simmons; the masters of horror. Mirror is a brilliant, nightmarish novel about an evil child reaching out from the netherworld through an antique mirror. Hands down, it is one of the most gripping and entertaining horror novels I've ever read. If you consider yourself a fan of horror, seek this book out. Your collection has a huge gaping hole in it until you own a copy of this book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down..., February 3, 2002

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Farina (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mirror (Paperback)

Although I was utterly and completely terrified I found it very difficult to put down the book. I found it very interesting right from the beginning, very easy to read and always looked forward to picking it up again after I'd had a (well-deserved) break.

Very scary, and you will never look in any mirror the same again!