All About the Pie, fiction by J.E. Ivin
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G ene Polson had a keen mind, a woodworker’s hands, and an appetite for sweet treats and women, not necessarily in that order. Everyone in Star Lake knew the man. Most liked him. However, they shook their heads and sighed whenever they saw him escorting a new lady friend to The Sand Bar, named after the actual sandy bar visible in the lake. The natural formation served as a gathering spot for pontoon boats during the summer season. Tourists loved the watery drinking hole. Locals, not so much. Too raucous. Too down-state. For residents, the bricks-and-mortar establishment remained the only place in town where one could get a beer, cop a feel, and savor a yummy dessert without moving off the barstool. Over the years, the mirrored ceiling had witnessed most of Gene’s liaisons, beginning with the one that produced his only child. But it never saw the final hookup coming, the one that left the town reeling and the philandering Polson’s disappearance a puzzle no one could solve. Gene and...