by A. F. Stewart
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November 11, 2007

Genre Shorties Week 117: Weathering Pies and Blackmail

July 19, 2012 01:45 PM UTC (Updated: July 19, 2012 01:46 PM UTC)
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Weathering Pies and Blackmail

 

I read the note, the crude letters printed in red ink mocking me: "I know what you did to the weatherman. Pay me $100,000 or I'll go to the cops and tell them about the pastry incident."

How could anyone know? The plan succeeded, with a late night of working together leading to the promise of strawberry rhubarb pie. Then the switch, serving him the cherry-laced pie, knowing of his allergy. One anaphylactic shock later, and his weatherman job was mine. It was foolproof.

Wait, the pastry cook who made the pies. He’s the blackmailer. Now he’ll pay, not me...

 

The Prompt:

You get a blackmail letter. It says, "I know what you did to the weatherman. Pay me $100,000 or I'll go to the cops and tell them about the pastry incident."

What did you do with the weatherman? And what was the pastry incident?

Your story may be serious or lighthearted or as silly as you like so long as it is 100 or fewer words.


Comments: 23

Pam Brittain Jul 19, 2012, 3:15pm UTC
Ohhhh, a bit of evil intent. Love it.
A. F. Stewart Jul 19, 2012, 4:41pm UTC
Thank you.
Debbie W. Jul 19, 2012, 4:19pm UTC
You've got killin' in your blood, girl, or at least in those pies!
A. F. Stewart Jul 19, 2012, 4:38pm UTC
Hey, a girl's got to stay ahead in the weather game.
Terry M. Jul 19, 2012, 8:24pm UTC
I love short short fiction.

Thanks for submitting to The Surreal Circus.
A. F. Stewart Jul 19, 2012, 8:57pm UTC
Glad you enjoyed.
Marianne K. Jul 19, 2012, 9:30pm UTC
Oh, wicked YOU, Anita! And clever too!! I'm glad I didn't apply for that weatherwoman job!!
A. F. Stewart Jul 19, 2012, 9:39pm UTC
Me too, I would hate to have to serve you up some pie.
Marianne K. Jul 19, 2012, 9:45pm UTC
I'm a wise woman. I know how to avoid wicked, clever people!
JOHN BECK Jul 20, 2012, 1:18am UTC
Good one, Anita!
A. F. Stewart Jul 20, 2012, 7:37am UTC
Thanks.
Angela A. Jul 20, 2012, 9:34am UTC
He, he, good one. Clever figuring out the culprit
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A. F. Stewart Jul 20, 2012, 10:31am UTC
Thank you.
Tracy Fabre Jul 21, 2012, 11:13am UTC
Pastry always leads to greed. ALWAYS. I think it's a rule.
A. F. Stewart Jul 21, 2012, 11:30am UTC
Too true, those pastries are a corrupting influence with their creamy and sweet decadence.
Mustafa Demiri Jul 21, 2012, 3:10pm UTC
Ah, the machiavellian world of meteorologists and pastry chefs...
A. F. Stewart Jul 21, 2012, 3:35pm UTC
Yes, there's such a seedy underbelly there.
David W. Jul 21, 2012, 11:33pm UTC
Simple Simon met a pie-man. Together they planned a murder.
A. F. Stewart Jul 22, 2012, 7:53am UTC
Too bad the pie-man then disappeared and there was no proof.
William Dotani Jul 23, 2012, 2:51am UTC
The cook to be put on ice, eh. Neat tale.
A. F. Stewart Jul 23, 2012, 8:03am UTC
Thanks.
Stephani Matias Sep 13, 2012, 11:19pm UTC
I love short short fiction. check it
A. F. Stewart Sep 14, 2012, 7:48am UTC
That's nice. Too bad you don't also like being polite and not putting spam links in your comments.

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