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Cat Scratch Fever
Mia’s new girlfriend Alice, is plagued by an intense feminine itch, a burn...then erupting boils. Alice insists she’ll be fine. The next day she’s not returning Mia’s phone calls, she doesn’t answer the door. Mia finds her in the bathtub and she can’t even take in the ghastly sight. Alice’s limp corpse, the blood, the hack job, the steak knife...
Mia doesn’t know what happened. Then she feels an itch… A deep itch that no medication or finger or sex can scratch...Suddenly that shiny pair of scissors has a whole new use.
Mia doesn’t know what happened. Then she feels an itch… A deep itch that no medication or finger or sex can scratch...Suddenly that shiny pair of scissors has a whole new use.
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Published November 19, 2020
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About the author
Elizabeth Bedlam
92 books246 followersElizabeth 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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Instagram: @elizabeth.bedlam or @swann.bedlam
Email: elizabethbedlam@gmail.com
Website: swannbedlam.com
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.
Correspond!
Instagram: @elizabeth.bedlam or @swann.bedlam
Email: elizabethbedlam@gmail.com
Website: swannbedlam.com
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
January 1, 2021
This novella was so extreme it gave me the shivers. However, the author's talent at drawing the reader into her stories kept me glued to the pages. I had to find out the gruesome fate of each and every character. I look forward to reading much more of Elizabeth Bedlam's work.
March 8, 2021
This was an uncomfortable and dark story, but it's Bedlam so that's not a shocker. Bedlam's writing is descriptive, but not repetitive. She writes this story so well, even I as a male reader, was uncomfortable.
March 20, 2021
A terrifying STD makes lesbians feel like ants are crawling inside their vaginas. The itching makes them crave for large cocks. Yes, that is the premise of this short story. Dangerous art, where the artist reveals her true self is always very satisfying. The internet, the last bastion of free speech is going to unleash all kinds of sick fantasies, earlier reigned in by the gatekeepers, onto the public. The perverts of this world will feel refreshed in the knowledge that there are others like them out there.
March 24, 2021
Horrifying, gross and very crude. As a woman I found it very hard to read. Cotton pants can only do so much!
This was ok, not much to the story although the writing is pretty decent.
3 is a very harsh score but I don't think it quite deserves a 4. It is a 3.5*/5 for me.
This was ok, not much to the story although the writing is pretty decent.
3 is a very harsh score but I don't think it quite deserves a 4. It is a 3.5*/5 for me.
February 26, 2021
‘Goddamn, you just gotta purge that urge, girl!’
Meet Ali, she thinks that she may have a problem...
A sweet little tale all about female fun, and not so fun, from down under.
‘Cause and effect’ - well, let me assure you that there’s sure plenty effective scraping going on to satiate the taste of all avid horror story readers in this delightful, compact little package - enough to almost make the skin just...crawl.
Very enjoyable and well constructed - Fortuna favours the brave!
Highly recommended. Rating: 4.3 itchy little red stars.
Meet Ali, she thinks that she may have a problem...
A sweet little tale all about female fun, and not so fun, from down under.
‘Cause and effect’ - well, let me assure you that there’s sure plenty effective scraping going on to satiate the taste of all avid horror story readers in this delightful, compact little package - enough to almost make the skin just...crawl.
Very enjoyable and well constructed - Fortuna favours the brave!
Highly recommended. Rating: 4.3 itchy little red stars.
November 21, 2020
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
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March 10, 2021
Yikes! Holy Crotch critters! Amazing brutal story. Loved it! On to the next one in Pus and Lust!
December 5, 2020
Oh, well then, this was certainly something. My balls have not stopped itching since I finished this. Well-written, straight-to-it with no filler. I highly respect anyone who can successfully pull off a story like this. The author has an uncanny knack for making the reader not only feel uncomfortable, but to sickly enjoy the discomfort. And now, on to the next title from Elizabeth Bedlam.
March 16, 2021
An intimate body horror story infused with Bedlam’s trademark humor – dry, subtle, and darker than the depths of the Mariana Trench.
Cat Scratch Fever tells the short and bloody – or should I say itchy – story of two lovers, Alice and Mia, whose lives – and bodies – are about to be irrevocably changed by a dose of Cat Scratch Fever, a mysterious and terrifying malady whose unfortunate symptoms are far too graphic to include in a Goodreads review.
As usual Bedlam’s prose is smooth and easy to read. Her compositions have a stark beauty to them, like a winter landscape or a good black and white photograph. As usual there’s no fat on the story; the pace is brisk, the drama immediate. Subtle touches of dark humor are enough to make the reader grin or chuckle, whilst the scenes of extreme body horror are more likely to make one cringe in sympathetic horror – irrespective of their anatomy.
Another great story from Bedlam, the coolest writer in the world :)
Cat Scratch Fever tells the short and bloody – or should I say itchy – story of two lovers, Alice and Mia, whose lives – and bodies – are about to be irrevocably changed by a dose of Cat Scratch Fever, a mysterious and terrifying malady whose unfortunate symptoms are far too graphic to include in a Goodreads review.
As usual Bedlam’s prose is smooth and easy to read. Her compositions have a stark beauty to them, like a winter landscape or a good black and white photograph. As usual there’s no fat on the story; the pace is brisk, the drama immediate. Subtle touches of dark humor are enough to make the reader grin or chuckle, whilst the scenes of extreme body horror are more likely to make one cringe in sympathetic horror – irrespective of their anatomy.
Another great story from Bedlam, the coolest writer in the world :)
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