Author: Adirondack Center for Writing

I was flabbergasted to be asked to judge the pie contest this year. What an honor! I'd been making pies since I was a little girl. My mother made horrible pies and I wanted to do something she could not. I observed the ladies at community potlucks to see who got the most compliments on … Continue reading Contest Winner by Duane L. Herrmann

Apple pieCherry PiePumpkin pieBlackberry pieGaloreEating all no choreAnnual hometown pie contestNo more, no less!But what's this?Who's gagging?Mrs. Smith?Oh no!If it weren't for the pie!We don't want anyone to die!Let's stop the contest,and help.No one should yelpBut beforewe do;"I need one more biteBring me the pie,",I said with a sigh!

I’m not quite sure, but I seem to be lying on my back on the floor with people standing around me and I’m passing in and out of consciousness. There is pain in my stomach but I think help is on the way. There’s the sound of an ambulance siren in the distance. How did … Continue reading The Pie Revenge by Ted Cox

Editor’s note: The following narrative is by Homer Agee, the judge of the 2020 Warren County Harvest Fair pie contest. Mr. Agee did not know that one of the pies was poisoned. May he rest in peace. ___________________________ It was a brisk September afternoon at the Warren County Harvest Fair. A goodly number of folks … Continue reading Piezazz by Edward Pontacoloni

Nannie Doss’ Award Winning Apple Prune Pie The county fair was back in full force this year, they had cancelled it when the pandemic struck, and it was a huge boon to the local economy. Lots of folks in our red county thought the mask mandate and the lockdown were just to take away our … Continue reading Poisoned Pie Contest by Jane VanCantfort

Ate some pies;Then I died;Don’t know why;A person would try;to kill some judges;who only desired;to give out some ribbons;to the best local pie-er; The hospital, to give them their due;Were able to save, a least the two;But I was not one;Who managed to live;So now I endeavor;a warning to give; Beware of contestants;Who hide behind … Continue reading Hazards of Pie Contests by Eilene Susan Wenner

My name is Elizabeth Crocker and I am going to tell you about the day I thought I was going to die. It was in September of 2019 at the Washington County Fair Grounds. I had recently moved to Cambridge and my new next-door neighbor, George, was involved with the Washington County Fair. He told … Continue reading Pie Number 2 by June Hannay Kosier

“Why don't you ask Granma to help you?” Orion's mother suggested.“But she'd dead!” He objected.“So? That only means she won't be distracted by other things she has to do here,” his mother answered.“But, I'm used to talking to her.”“So am I, Honey. So am I”“I guess it would be like talking to God,” Orion said … Continue reading Helping Out by by Duane L. Herrmann