Back in September, John of The Book Mine Set reviewed this story, Sweet Dreams by Sherry Isaac. John and his wife had been house hunting and he wrote, “I was in the mood for a dose of domesticity this week.” However, with Sweet Dreams, he got something different from domestic bliss.
It starts out innocent enough, the unknown female narrator is making her way downstairs in her house in the middle of the night. She tells us how she has done this over the years for various reasons including “children wakened by nightmares in need of warm milk and an even warmer hug”. However, tonight she was going downstairs because of her husband, Frank.
She gets his crossword puzzle ready for him when heg gets up setting on the table with his bifocals and pen. Then she got her couch ready for sleep. She has a conversation of sorts with her cat, Taboo. “Easy for you to judge little fella, you didn’t take the vows. For better or worse, till death do us part.”
You’ll have to read it for yourself to see where it goes. For less than a 5 page story, it really packs a punch. Domestic bliss, yeah, right. LOL! You can read Sweet Dreams, here.