Express Body Parts Exchange
Maria was Bridget's first. Of course, she had originally pioneered her revolutionary surgical procedure for herself and her husband Brian. But it seemed safest to test it on other people first. Desperate, hairy Maria and her bald husband Tim were the obvious choice.
Bridget's 'Express Body Parts Exchange' was an overnight success. The public were wowed by her vigorous marketing campaign, which demonstrated the stunning transformations Maria and Tim had undergone.
The financial implications were phenomenal. Thousands took up the treatment within weeks;. Bridget was raking it in But soon she ran into a problem. Not all desired body changes were complementary. Many bald men were happy to exchange the skin on their smooth scalps with women who suffered from excess facial hair. Lips were also a fairly common equitable swap. But people weren't so inclined to exchange their perfect ears for the less than perfect ones Bridget's clients possessed.
Around this time, the muggings started. Eyebrows, teeth, noses, fingers, hips and all sorts of other body parts were violently snatched from victims ambushed on the street. The police were powerless. How the perpetrators had obtained their knowledge of the top-secret process was a mystery. The muggers were also careful not to take whole faces or distinguishing body parts.
Meanwhile, Bridget's business flourished. She and Brian had decided against treatment themselves though. This was partly due to the unpublicised medium-term side-effects of muscle disintegration observed in rats and other animals they had experimented on. But Bridget also didn't see the need. Many mugging victims had already been left looking like freaks with numerous body parts missing. With disfigurement on the cards for her clients too, it seemed to Bridget that soon the whole of society would resemble a circus and she, with her three nipples, would be the mighty ringmaster.
19 November, 2007
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Unfortunately, life seems to have taken over so I haven't managed to write any more messages in about a week now. I tried yesterday but I just couldn't get it to flow. It's funny how tiredness seems to help the flow of inspiration with poetry but blocks it for me when it comes to short stories!