Greg Schreur’s writing can be read online at kill author, Eclectica, and The Big Jewel. He was recently awarded second place in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers; that story, “Third World Kroger,” will be published there in 2014. He teaches high school English in an urban school district in Michigan. Although “A Poor Reflection” is not his first publication, it was the first story he was ever inspired to write. And, yes, he does burn easily.