Blood on the Salad

By John Isaac Jones

Hilarious story about a group of kitchen employees in a 1950s Alabama hotel and how they prepared the salads for the state's annual businessman's banquet.

Not for the squeamish! Be forewarned: after reading this yarn, you may never again eat another salad! 

Deliciously-served dark humor!

 

"Here is the kitchen from hell! This is a story I'm not going to be able to forget. The descriptions are vivid and the characters are remarkably life-like for such a short story. I will never look at salad the same again!" Amazon reviewer

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Isaac Jones
• Release date: May 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781393182214

John Isaac Jones

John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of five novels, a short story collection and two novellas.

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Blood on the Salad

John Isaac Jones

Published by John Isaac Jones, 2017.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

BLOOD ON THE SALAD

First edition. May 1, 2017.

Copyright © 2017 John Isaac Jones.

ISBN: 978-1393182214

Written by John Isaac Jones.

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Blood on the Salad

by

John Isaac Jones

The annual Alabama Businessmen’s Charity Ball in Montgomery was the state’s premier social event every year. Anybody who was anybody, whether politician, businessman, civic leader, or other such notable, was well aware that an appearance at the big blowout each year was integral to their standing in the state’s business and political hierarchy. Not only would there be power brokers on hand to advance the political futures of the deserving, but there would be opportunities to open new doors and make some new deals, big deals. Only 500 people were invited, and with a $10,000 per plate price tag, it was designed to raise more than $5 million for state charities every year. As one might suspect, the state’s biggest movers and shakers would be in attendance.

This year, in 1958, the big event was due to be held at the Reich Plaza Hotel on Montgomery’s trendy west side, and, as the menu printer in the hotel’s kitchen, I was caught up in the pressure to put the hotel’s best foot forward for the big event. I will always remember the afternoon before the big banquet when Mr. Horgan,