Worm Boy

by Elizabeth Bedlam

Corbin began putting up ads for his services. Old rich women welcomed him into their homes for an evening of intimacy. They adored young, unkempt men. He’d spent five years roaming from city to city taking jobs, sleeping with women, waiting for his worms, maggots, insects to hatch inside them, and within hours they were nothing but gaping shells for the curse to devour. Corbin would pocket their valuables and be on his way.

50 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 2020

About the author

Elizabeth Bedlam is a writer of satire, dark humor, and low-brow literary fiction. She has been featured in anthologies and zines that you've probably never heard of including Anti-This/Anti-That, Low Life, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Soiled Purity.

Her most-read works include Rabbit Skin Glue and Lucy the Satanist. She has been praised for her realistic depictions of neurotic females.

Elizabeth is a Michigan native. She currently lives and writes from Melbourne, AU.

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Reviews

[Daniel Volpe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Corbin is cursed, but he's quite the opportunist. He uses his unique curse to punish "deserving" women and then steals their valuables.

This story was repulsive, but had a seductive nature that only Bedlam can pull off. Some of the imagery was foul, beyond vulgar and the characters were all flawed. Bedlam takes an ordinary "curse" theme and turns it into so much more. Fans of Mother Maggot by Simon Mchardy will enjoy this wriggling tale of disgust.