Me dead - the novel

Well a short story anyway, or the beginnings of one. Looking for some feedback, should i continue?


In the study she found tapes in old gym bags full of chords from computers and stereos as well as a few old walkman’s. She found more in unpacked boxes full of clothes, 45’s and computer disks. There was an entire filing cabinet drawer full of old casette tapes with names on them like Depeche Mode and The 5th Dimension as well hundreds of blank tapes, all dumped there seemingly after the move and not touched since. She began to place the contents of the study in large piles on the living room floor. From there she began organising the objects into related items. All computer disks, chords and disused peripherals were put in one of the old boxes, the books and magazines were placed up against the wall, small musical instruments and sheet music were put in another box. She found old pay slips, cuttings from magazines, photos, and football swap cards in abundance, old Atari games and consoles, even a small welding kit. Each thing was placed somewhere in the room and soon the piles began to get lower. Once completed she stepped back to survey the state of the room. There were 10 distinct sections of items, some larger than others. There was a lot there, more than you would expect from one room however she was not satisfied that this was enough. She went to the drawer and took out a pad and pen and began to draw up ten columns with names given to the various piles within the room. Then one after the other began to itemise each item in the pile and document it under the columns. She didn’t stop to think why she was doing this, only that this was as good a distraction as any, it kept her mind busy and away from thoughts of the last few days. The phone rang a few times but she let it got to the message, it would only be friends or family calling to check up on her and she wasn’t interested in talking about anything, particularly anything about the last few days which she knew they would.