Nobody has mentioned (perhaps for good reason) 'no pain, no gain.' This is a phrase generally used by people who work out to improve their physique to encourage themselves to work harder, so it would be a bit of a joke. It has more of the flavor of something known and worthwhile having a bit of pain associated with it. To my mind, 'every rose has a thorn' probably comes closest to the meaning that you are looking for. However, these generally are used when someone is unhappy over a present situation, and one wishes to give a reminder that 'something good is just around the corner.' This is close to the idea of putting up with morning sickness for the reward of a child, but there's the sense in all of them that the good result is an unknown one, that one takes it on faith that something good comes out of something bad. Adult (Short story) Have you ever had the feeling that something bad was going to happen. See ya there.There are many more phrases like the ones already given for example 'When God closes a door He opens a window' and 'After the darkness comes the dawn.' to talk about it with a great bunch of folks on our GoodReads thread. And “Something Bad” by Dab10 was the perfect vehicle for breaking in my new eBook stand.

So reading while eating was an absolute breeze. I’d just built this spiffy stand to hold my Kindle. Now I read the entire thing while I was eating my lunch yesterday. You just have to go there and find out for yourself. There’s no need for me to explain any more than this.

There was action outside the author’s head, but the story was inside his head. That’s really where this story takes place. I think the writer’s point of view, and subsequently the reader’s point of view, is completely inside the author’s head. Soon as I reached the end of the sample, I bought the thing. Still, I was a bit dubious, having never read an actual short story in my entire life. So I said, “What the heck?” and tried out the Kindle sample first, even though this one is about as cheap as it could be without being free. Why now? Because our GoodReads Psychological Thrillers Thread has selected this for our Short Book of the Month for March 2015. It’s an eBook and somehow they can estimate a page count. I have to say it’s interesting because I read the entire thing in one sitting, as in couldn’t put it down.

Something Bad by Dab10