Free Copy
Flash Fiction
by Zvi A. Sesling
He was considered a wonderful cook by his friends, especially his
girlfriend. So, when the unsolicited email arrived with the offer telling
Gilbert he was entitled to a free copy of the Cook’s Delicious Gilbert
was quite excited by offer. He read and reread the offer certain it was not a
scam or some other trick and clicked the Enter Site button which led to
another button titled Accept. He placed the cursor on Accept and clicked
on that one, which he assumed was an agreement to allow the website to track
him. I wonder if they bake their own cookies, he thought as he laughed
to himself as he filled in all the required spaces for name, address, phone and
all the credit card information.
Two weeks later a large carton
arrived at his front door. Gilbert took
it in the house to the
kitchen. Inside were five frying pans of varying sizes, four sauce pans ranging
from small to large, nine glass tops, nine wooden spoons of different lengths,
nine plastic spatulas and three cook books, one each for meat, vegetables and
fowl. Also, in the carton accompanying his cookware was an invoice for $375.99
plus $26.50 shipping and handling. But
what made Gilbert happy was the enclosed
free copy of Cook’s Delicious.
Zvi A. Sesling, Brookline, MA Poet Laureate (2017-2020), has published poems and flash fiction and won international prizes. A five-time poetry Pushcart Prize nominee, his flash fiction books are Secret Behind The Gate. and Wheels. His story “Chili Man” is Pushcart nominated MA Sesling’s Selected and New Poetry and his short stories Infidelities are forthcoming. . He and his wife Susan J. Dechter live in Brookline.
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