Writtenwyrdd : Horror flash challenge

October 20, 2008

Horror flash challenge

My answer to both Charles' and Whirlochre's flash fiction challenge.

Chocophobia

I'm afraid of chocolate. Mine, specifically. I mean, come on, you think you've got it bad? I'm the one whose forefinger is permanently chocolate covered! I'm the one who can't grab a cup of coffee without leaving smears all over the mug, or who is forced to write left-handed so that the pressure won't snap something--

No, I'm not kidding. It started as a warty looking blemish. And within the course of a week or so it was like a big strawberry birthmark, only brown.

Yes! I did see the physician! I could see the thing was growing. I'm not totally stupid, you know. Sorry, you know it's just that this whole thing is getting to me. I said I was sorry! Anyhow, the doctor thought I was having him on that first visit, because it rubbed right off with a good scrubbing, and the stuff tested out to be chocolate. Yeah , the really good Belgian stuff. So the doc sent me home with a flea in my ear, told me to quit wasting his time, and the insurance company made me pay the tab, too.

But then the mark returned. The doc finally believes me, though, because now the stuff is all the way through the skin, and it doesn't rub off any longer. You can gouge it down to real flesh, though. The bone's still there, or most of it.

Hey! Cut that out! It hurts like hell, picking at the edge of it that way!

Do you believe me now? Gee, thanks. So kind of you, I'm sure.

I'm in the medical case books. Under strange and unusual, I guess. That's something, isn't it? Not much compensation, but maybe it'll help if this happens to someone else.

No, they aren't taking the finger. At first it was because they thought the problem was limited to just this one spot. Or maybe morbid curiosity. Now it's too late.

How do I know? I started peeing hot chocolate last week.

Oct 20, 2008 12:29:00 AM | My Writing, Seasonal Stuff