Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl

Royal Jelly
by Roald Dahl
1960,  Alfred A. Knopf

A beekeeper feeds Royal Jelly to his underweight newborn. Goofier and less menacing than I remembered. Also one of those stories that introduces an element at the end that makes the beginning make no sense - "I've just had a sudden stroke of inspiration! I'll use that thing I've been obsessing over for the last couple of years!"

Collected in The Umbrella Man and Other Stories, available from Amazon

The Great Automatic Grammatizator by Roald Dahl

The Great Automatic Grammatizator
by Roald Dahl
Someone Like You, 1953

An engineer creates a computer which automatically writes short stories and novels, and eventually buys out all the real authors. [insert James Patterson joke here]

The Butler by Roald Dahl

The Butler
by Roald Dahl
Travel and Leisure (May 1974) as The Butler Did It

Reprinted in Cruelty: Tales of Malice and Greed

A self-made millionaire buys fancy wine to show off, his butler serves him cheap wine and drinks the good stuff himself. Just like the English to be snobbish to the rich for not being the right kind of rich.

Paperback from Amazon