eerieindiana | Eerie Indiana Triple Drabble: Sculpture

Janet applied the last layer of silvery glaze, handed the empty bowl to Tod and stood back.

"What do you think?" she asked.

Tod deposited the ramekin into a sink already full of dishes soaking in hot, soapy water, turned back around, and considered.

"Looks great," he said. "I mean, it's a giant-sized bust of a Creepy Garbage Man made of filo pastry, so it looks terrifying, but it's an excellent likeness."

"Good," said Janet, wiping her floured hands on her apron before picking up a rolling pin. "That's what I was going for."

Tod rested one elbow on the scarred wooden worktop that ran the full length of BF Skinner Junior High's only designated Home Economics classroom, flipping through the food-stained pages of an ancient and well-worn cookbook.

"What do you want to do with it?" he asked. "Technically it's not baklava if you don't layer the nuts and butter before baking, but mix them with honey and stuff them into the head cavity and I bet you'd still get-"

He was cut short by the crunch of a rolling pin being driven through several dozen paper-thin layers of crisp, golden pastry, followed by a resounding crash as her swing carried through to strike the table beneath. As he watched, Janet drew back her arm and delivered several more crushing blows to the confectionary Garbage Man, reducing his hollow skull and vacant face to slivers and shards of dough.

After a few moments, Janet set the rolling pin aside, breathing heavily. A fine mist of airborne flour drifted between them, like gunsmoke after a showdown in an old Western, settling in their hair, on the counters, and on the shattered effigy between them.

"Thank the Corn," said Tod. "That thing was way too creepy to eat."

Janet laughed.

Ongoing Verse: Janet

A Ghost in Pink by

froodle; Janet's family during the year she was Lost

Jogging by

froodle, in which Janet Donner adapts to life in regular Eerie

Maybe, Even, in which Tod has a dream

Cooking Class, in which there is baking

Cake Day, in which it is Marshall's birthday

Dishonoured, in which Dash makes a choice, and Tod and Janet pay the price

Plans by

froodle, in which Janet Donner deals with Daylight Savings Time yet again

DST by

froodle, in which there is a lighthouse

Figurehead by

froodle, in which Lake Eerie's ghost pirates encounter the lighthouse

At the Seaside, in which Simon and Marshall stake out the Eerie Baitshop and Sushi Bar.

Tempest, in which the Sea Hag makes an appearance

The Listener, in which Melanie and Devon talk, and Melanie makes a decision

Food Hygiene, in which Simon takes on some after-school activities, and meets Melanie and Janet doing the same

In the Bleak Midwinter, in which there is activity on the shores of Lake Eerie

The Lake at Night, in which there are pleasure boats

Night Diving, in which Janet and Melanie investigate the world beneath the waves

Promotional Materials, in which Lake Eerie's mermaids prepare for summer

Equivocate, in which Eerie's golf course becomes waterlogged

Golf Course, in which the re-seeding does not take as well as hoped

Artisanal, in which Janet prepares for the days trade

Kitchen Prep, in which Janet's hard work is foiled by vicious seabirds

Populace, in which Eerie's citizens experience a completely normal day

Slow Day, in which the Baitshop and Sushi Bar is unusually quiet

Worker Engagement, in which Janet works on a new sculpture

DST2, in which Janet and Marshall wait for midnight

Poetry Slam, in which Janet tries her hand at performance art.

Similar Interests, in which Tod encounters Devon's mother, and is almost crushed by a door.

Dessert, in which Tod and his parents get ice-cream

Milestone, in which Mars helps Tod to prepare for his 21st

License to Serve, in which Tod has his birthday

Civic Duty, in which the Ladies Society for the Beautification of Eerie gather to protect the town

The Craft, in which the Ladies encounter the all-female werewolf pack from Trick 'r Treat

Freelancing, in which Sara Sue takes on some work for Things Incorporated

Presentation, in which Simon gives a chupacabra a massage

Homecoming, in which Janet and Marshall return to the Teller house