The Reaper's Image

The Reaper's Image

Infobox short story |
name = The Reaper's Image
author = Stephen King
country = United States
language = English
genre = Horror short stories
published_in = "Startling Mystery Stories" (1st release),
"Skeleton Crew"
publication_type = Magazine
publisher =
media_type = Print (Periodical & Paperback)
pub_date = 1969
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"The Reaper's Image" is a horror story by Stephen King, first published in "Startling Mystery Stories" in 1969 and collected in "Skeleton Crew" in 1985. The story is about an antique mirror haunted by the visage of the Grim Reaper, who appears to those who gaze it.

Plot summary

The story concerns a visit by antique collector Johnson Spangler to the Samuel Claggert museum, a museum estate full of Claggert's assembled possessions and "blatant junk", in attempt to buy the legendary DeIver's mirror. The museum curator, Mr. Carlin, ushers Spangler through the building, recounting the storied history of the rare Elizabethan mirror, which has been plagued by incidents of attempted destruction.

Carlin tells the skeptical Spangler the image of the Reaper is rumored to appear in the mirror, standing close to the viewer. Spangler scoffs, but feels unnamable horror when he looks into the mirror. As Carlin relates the history of a high school boy who saw the Reaper and disappeared without a trace, Spangler becomes ill and rushes out of the second floor never to appear again.

External links

* [http://www.horrorking.com/skeleton.html#The_Reapers_Image The story at HorrorKing.com]


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