Review: An entertaining read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
This story had me laughing out loud several times.  Shawn has such a delightful way of expressing himself.  If you are at all familiar with Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" you will get this story.The story is about Jeff, Samantha and their 2 year old son Doug.  They are on vacation at Cape May in New Jersey.  When I read the part about the poop and the "Baddah Up" I just busted out laughing.  What a mental image.Anyway, they are having a great day at the beach until Samantha gets attacked by a seagull.  The seagulls seem to be behaving oddly.  The following day Jeff is up early and walking the beach and is admiring a young female beach jogger when a seagull dive bomb's into the back of her head.  She falls and another seagull dive bombs into her back. These 2 seagulls are aggressively attacking her for no reason. Jeff starts yelling and is running to her assistance and the birds take off.  The girl thinks Jeff is the one that attacked her and screams for help.  Another bystander calls the cops and he ends up going to the police station to give a statement when the responding officer can't find any evidence that Jeff had attacked the young woman.  Jeff is released and he heads back to the house and finds his son watching TV and Samantha not up.  He feeds Doug and goes to check on Samantha.  Samantha is not feeling well and just wants to stay in bed.  Jeff decides to head to the beach with Doug.They are having a good time when Jeff notices people are looking up and he does also.  He sees a big black cloud moving toward the beach.  Jeff is shocked when he sees seagulls diving and attacking people.  He grabs Doug and starts running towards the house and safety.  The military shows up and the seagulls are shot down.  The story ends with them getting some kind of vaccine and able to head home.  Though Jeff seems unaware of a rash that is appearing on him skin.......The way the story ends makes me wonder if there is more to this story???Note to author:  This was such a fun, interesting and quick read.  Thanks so much for the invitation.  I haven't enjoyed a Novella to this extent in a while.