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Arachbed

Rosé Black
9 min readJun 18, 2022

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Does anyone know where I can get a new mattress for a low price? My new one has had…Complications. Let me start from the beginning. I’ve had my old mattress for over five years.

It’s served me well but when I found several springs popping out one morning, I figured it was time to replace it. Mattress shopping was a complete nightmare. Why do they have to be so damn expensive? Anyway, last week I thought I’d finally found a replacement.

I was driving back home from work when I had to stop at a red light. It happened to be the one next to my area’s thrift store. It occurred to me then that I hadn’t tried looking for one there. At first, I was hesitant considering covid and all that. However, I reasoned I could just sanitize it.

With that in mind, I pulled into the parking lot. When I went inside, I found several mattresses near the front of the store. All of them were fortunately in my price range. Unfortunately, most of them were uncomfortable as hell. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them were made of broken glass.

I thought that my time would turn out to be a waste of time. Then I came across the last mattress in the store. It was perfect. I didn’t lay on any of them by the way. I just used my hand to determine their firmness.

I can tell you at that moment it felt as though that mattress had been made especially for me. I…

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Rosé Black
Rosé Black

Written by Rosé Black

Hello, I mainly write horror but also blend it with comedy, sci-fi, or fantasy. If you’re a fan of these genres, I hope you’ll like my work.

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