Japanese ghost stories

A Stormy Night

   It was a stormy night when Tamaya was burning the midnight oil to do his revision for his math exam the next day. It was raining cat and dog. The window were trembling in the strong winds. The deafening thunder made the room gloomy and scary.

   "Gee. What sort of weather in this ? Really terrifying! " At that moment of time, the light flashed several times, before fading away. A blackout at this ungodly hour ! "Gosh ! I'm not done with my revision yet ! "

   Groping in the dark, Tamaya found himself a torch. He turned it on and illuminated his face from his chin and looked into the mirror. This was his favorite thing to do in the dark. But he soon found his own image in the mirror horrifying, even he himself got frightened by it.

   " Whoa ! I look fierce this way. " The thunder and lightning were still ongoing as Tamaya was playing with the torch in front of the mirror. The light flashed for a while and the electricity resumed.  

   " Aha... Here it resumes, " but Tamaya was stunned. He found no reason to celebrate, for he saw no mirror in front of him.