Operation by Joshua Ginsberg

Dr Krishnamurti thought she had seen every form of body modification conceivable, until Mr Bradley was rushed into the ER. Why, she wondered, would anyone voluntarily do such a thing to themselves?

His nose had been removed, and in its place a working red lightbulb extended from his nasal cavity.

She probed his abdomen and discovered something else – metal bands under the skin, around each of his major organs.

Poking them with her forceps immediately set off both the red light in the patient’s face and a concentration-shattering buzzing noise.

Suffice it to say, the procedure did not go well.



About the Author

Joshua Ginsberg is the author of five non-fiction books on off-beat travel, local history and haunted locations, including Secret Tampa Bay: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure (2020) and of Haunted Orlando (2024). His work has appeared on the Nosleep Podcast, and in anthologies and publications such as Apex Magazine, Crepuscular, Flash Phantoms, Black Hare Press, Trembling with Fear, The Chamber Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in Tampa with his wife, Jen, and their Shih Tzu, Tinker Bell.