Here's a little preview of my portion of the collaborative story included in the BLOOMPH! anthology. Each writer took on one of five chapters, each centered around a different kind of fruit expansion. Me? I got pear. Mmm...
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Bianca bit her lip, suddenly feeling sick. “Is that going to happen to me?” she wondered weakly, not really expecting an answer.
"Well...Stacey ate a few handfuls of her candy," Roz pointed out. "You only had the one piece, right?"
"We all did," Sonia said grimly.
"Mmf," Bianca burbled through another cramp, "Yeah. Yeah, you're right!" A wave of relief washed over her. Of course, they hadn't eaten nearly as much as Stacey. "It should stop any m- Oh. Oh no."
Sonia and Roz exchanged worried glances. "Bianca? What's wrong?" They looked on while Bianca's backside surreptitiously bulged outward. "I mean, besides...well, you know."
Bianca was staring at the floor, feeling rather numb in the wake of sudden realization. "It uh...It was full of juice." She hooked a thumb into her jeans and shifted her weight, oblivious to the ass slowly consuming what little slack remained.
Roz bit her lip, a captive audience to two green cheeks bulging beyond her friend's denim waistline. "What?"
"The candy," Bianca explained quietly, "it burst open when I chewed on it. It was so, so juicy." The room grew silent as they considered what exactly that might mean, save for the ever-present gurgle emanating from Bianca's belly...