Spirits of the Woods and Other Stories by Randal Doering

Author:Randal Doering
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, fantasy, short stories, science fiction, contemporary fantasy, space aliens, randal doering

Corncob Girl

One man’s disfigurement is another man’s fetish. In this tale, a young woman is horrified by her own body and is determined to have plastic surgery to cure what she sees as a deformity. But a boy she knows likes what he sees, and he has plans for her that don’t include the surgeon’s scalpel. Who will win, who will lose, in this story of what constitutes freakishness and a positive body image?

Once Upon a Time there was this girl, she had these strange tits. Her nipples were shaped like corn cobs. You know those miniature corn cobs you get with Chinese food sometimes? They were like that. They stuck out about two inches, and whenever she wore a shirt or blouse they would stick way out and call attention to the girl. She was pretty embarrassed at it all, but the boys liked it. She was in high school when this story I’m about to tell you took place, and she was a popular girl. All the boys liked to think about getting their hands on those corn cobs, you know what I mean? So she was getting pestered all day by the boys.

This story takes place in the high mountains of Colorado, exactly where who knows? It was winter time, that much was clear, and there was three feet of snow on the ground, and all the kids were skiing on the weekends and building snowmen on the weeknights. The little kids were making snow angels and having snowball fights, and everyone was having a good time except the corn cob girl, who was tired of her celebrity status and just wanted to be anonymous. She was toying with having her nipples removed by a cosmetic surgeon, but she didn’t think she had enough money for it. She was just a seventeen year old girl who did babysitting and odd jobs for income, and cosmetic surgery was expensive, even for something as simple as nipple removal. Maybe she’d have to go to her parents for the money, but she didn’t know how they’d react to surgery. She didn’t think they’d like it.

So this girl was all tied up with these thoughts of surgery and changing her appearance, and worrying about where she’d get the money, and not wanting to change just because people stared at her but at the same time feeling awfully tired of being the school freak. Maybe it would have been better for her if she just let one of the boys get hold of her, then their curiosity would be assuaged and she would be left alone. Maybe. On the other hand, it might just encourage them, and she’d be pestered endlessly as they all wanted to take turns on her boobs. It could go either way.

So Dahlia, as the girl was called, said to her mom one night, “Mom, I’m thinking of having surgery on my nipples, to have them removed. But I don’t have enough money.”

“Oh, honey, don’t let those boys get to you!” said Dahlia’s mom.

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