The Shed is a place full of memories. Memories of a tragic accident. For Steve, cleaning it will mean a chance to rid the horrors of the day he lost his son. But there is something else in the shed. Something dark & evil that will make Steve question both his sanity and his grasp on reality.
Paul Levas is the author of several short stories. The Lost Child is his long-awaited novel coming out in 2017 as well as his first collection of stories. He has appeared in multiple anthologies and has written since he was a young man living in the Chicago suburbs. He has since relocated to Tucson, Arizona.
Paul Levas' short story explores a father's grief, which quickly turns into a strange and gruesome encounter with his deceased son. The story is intriguing and descriptive. However, the dialogue and motivation of the characters falls a bit flat.
The last thing Steve wanted to be doing was cleaning out the shed. He’d rather be sitting on the couch watching football, but his wife is counting on him.
He does odd jobs in the yard, stalling entering the shed.
Vivid flashbacks to what happened in there almost knock him to his knees.
No, he doesn’t want to go in there.
As you can guess, Steve does go in the shed.
It goes from weird to bad very quickly.
While I enjoyed this story, I felt the ending was just a bit disjointed or rushed. I seemed to stumble a little while reading it. Could be just me.
However, I did enjoy it, and even though I had an idea of what would happen to Steve, I had no idea how. The author got creative.
This is Book Two in a series, but from what I can tell, they don’t need to be read in any order. Each is a separate story with different characters.
This was a short story, which I like to read in between novels. This one just didn't have a good flow for me. I'm sure with more writing this author may be able to hone his skills.