Review: Unexpected!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
As Alan strolled down the beach, his thoughts were on the coming weeks – the influx of tourists with the warmer months almost upon them would ruin his beach; the trash, the noise and all that accompanied the invasion of strangers out for a good time. As he sat on his favourite rock and gazed out to sea his frustration was great – he knew he could do nothing to save his beach, his home, his life…Suddenly washed up beside him was a strange item, maybe an artefact which he could clean up and add to his collection. But a sudden storm came from nowhere, lashing the coastline, stunning him with its ferocity. As he hurried home, he clutched the device to his side – what was it? He hadn’t seen anything like it before. And it was when he attempted to attach a hook to this strange cylindrical object - simply to hang it for display purposes; that his life changed immediately.Well this was not like I thought it would be! A short story showing a man who was selfish and self-centred, loving “his” beach but disliking the tourists who he felt didn’t deserve to be there. The strange and weird twist was totally unexpected. A quick read which I quite enjoyed…