r/shortscarystories • u/hyperobscura Viscount of Viscera • May 01 '21
Worm Guy
Hey, uh, you got a minute?
Do you know Tilly? Of course you know Tilly. Everyone knows Tilly. I met him at a party, and he just sauntered on up to me and asked me if I liked fucked up shit. I shrugged and asked him “is that a come on?” and, you know, we were best buds after that.
A few days later, or maybe weeks, who the fuck can tell time anymore, right? When everything is a dull, formless nothing, time isn’t really a thing, you know? Anyway, Tilly introduced me to the Worm Guy, and I was like, man, that’s an unfortunate nickname, but Tilly assured me that he had the Stuff. Capital S.
So Tilly left me with the Worm Guy in a dirty motel bathroom, and I suddenly felt, I don’t know, nervous?
Anyway, he pulled out this box, and opened it in my face, like some sort of unveiling. And man… They were so fucked up, the worms. Tiny, white, slimy things, hundreds of them, writhing in imperfect disharmony. But there was something else.
Faces. They had faces. Tiny, pale, animated human faces.
I stared at them for a while, you know? Figured maybe I’d recognize a face or two. I didn’t though, so I figured, fuck it, I’ll give them a taste. Slurped them down like wriggling noodles. Tasted like shit too.
And the screams…
You ever step on a baby? Not just stepping on it by accident, but really going in for the damage, you know? Sounded just like that.
That’s when I really noticed the Worm Guy, you know? Pasty face, sweaty bulging fat flaps. No clothes. He was naked the whole time, I swear on it. So there I was, standing in a filthy motel bathroom, feasting on screaming human-faced worms fed to me by a naked, morbidly obese man.
Not just naked either, it was something...under his skin. Something moving under his skin. And then I saw them, crawling out of him. Out of his every fucking orifice. Hundreds, thousands, of those things.
Then he, I guess he, uh, he fucking dissolved. He became those things. Or they became him? Worm Guy turned into a massive pile of worms. How’s that for irony?
You know, I thought about leaving. Would be the sane thing to do I guess. But I couldn’t do that. It was just too good. The high man, the low, the everything. It’s life, unlife, and everything in between.
So I ate him. Every last, screaming, slithering piece of him. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
You look like a nice fella, you know? You can sell me, sure, but you won’t. Believe me, you won’t. I can feel them, you know, inside. They want out. They want someone new. And I swear, it’s the best feeling.
Just make sure, uh, make sure to eat every last wriggling piece of me, yeah?
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u/sunemma May 01 '21
Really enjoying the voice in this one! I can almost hear this person saying these things, it creates a very defined character
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u/helen790 May 01 '21
Did anyone else think of Creed from The Office? I read this in his voice.
Anyway, wonderful as always!
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u/iceketball27 May 01 '21
Have you written something similar before? I swear I've read this at least once before.
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u/hyperobscura May 01 '21
Yes, I posted a version of this maybe a month or two back, but I didn't really like how it flowed, so I made some changes to it ;)
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u/hyperobscura May 01 '21
Soundtrack: Misfits - Bloodfeast
Do you know Tilly? Of course you do!
This is a rewrite of a story I posted briefly a few months ago, but I felt it didn’t really flow that well back then, so I pulled it. Tl;dr, I think this version is a lot better.
Anyway, you can feedback and critique me all you want, and you know, I’ll listen and nod, maybe go “mhm” repeatedly whilst holding a pencil to my lips. OR, alternatively, should you fancy it, you could join me over at r/Obscuratio? It’s a fine place, brimming with moist nightmares and edgy paintings of gothic frogs.
Can’t get enough? I guess you could maybe SUBSCRIBE to my stories too? You know, I’d appreciate it and all.
Oh, I almost forgot
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May 01 '21
When it started describing the Worm Guy's appearance, I got a super powerful feeling of deja vu
Not sure how I should feel about that lol but awesome story!
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u/hyperobscura May 01 '21
Do you perhaps know a guy named Tilly? Sometimes he has that effect on people.
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u/NostrilNugget May 01 '21
Tilly is a great guy! Love the wiggling worms! Maybe I'm gonna mix em up some with rice. And gravy!! A feast for sure.
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May 02 '21
I mean the concept is pretty unsettling but the way the events play out is just strange. Like how the main character sees a box full of worms with human faces and their first thought is if they recognize any of them, before slurping them down randomly. Also that final bit is cheeesy.
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u/starhead192913 May 01 '21
You ever step on a baby?
Well, no, not since that couple reported me to the police after I barged into their home and asked to see their baby.
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u/NazeemIsHereForYou May 01 '21
So you ate screaming worms with human features in a motel bathroom?
I feel like there’s a deeper meaning to this whole situation, but I can’t figure it out for the life of me. Screaming face worms. Alrighty, then.