The Bed by Travis Mcbee

The Bed by Travis Mcbee

  

Steve isn't much for antiques. In fact, he hates them. So when he finds himself in an old antique shop taking shelter from the rain, he isn't pleased. But he finds something in there. He finds a beautiful old bed that he falls in love with and must have. But the bed is not normal, and Steve learns the hard way that sometimes you fall into things that you simply can't get up from.

This is a short story - I don't usually read short stories, but I gave this one a chance and I'm glad in doing so.

I appreciated the third person narration throughout this short story - I liked the opportunity in being able to see behind the scenes so to speak - to be the presence behind everyone's eyes instead of just Steve's eyes.

The whole theme of a furnishing or just a non living thing to have certain powers is a very fascinating theme.

It made me look at my bed in a new light - I nearly was tempted to check my bed's head board to see if I could see any peculiar markings carved into it...luckily I found known. When I was a kid, a similar outcome happened after I watched the first Toy Story animation ; I started treating my toys with much better care and made sure they were securely in their toy box or just in another room than I happened to be sleeping in...

It is short as short stories tend to be, for this reason I'm not going to give away too much and in hope that someone will be incised to read The Bed by Travis Mcbee. 

 

My Cat Catch Book Rating Scale above- It was absolutely amazing(5/5 cats)

Cat Cat Rating Scale- http://minstrelcrazy.blogspot.ie/p/reviews.html

 I tend not to read short stories often and this is my first rating of one, so I mightn't have enough experience to rate it fairly, but I feel that short stories are largely based on enjoyment and I enjoyed reading it very much.