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    Short Orders
    Short Orders
    Short Orders
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    Short Orders

    By Steve Dodge

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    A man loses his bionic head. The new neighbors appear to have no bodies. A shape-shifting boss. Vast herds of cats. This eclectic mix of short stories, flash fiction, humor, and satire is designed to tickle the funny bone and provide a bit of food for thought.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteve Dodge
    Release dateSep 22, 2023
    ISBN9788988114414
    Short Orders
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    Steve Dodge

    Steve Dodge is the author of Short Orders, a compilation of short stories, flash fiction and humor. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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      Book preview

      Short Orders - Steve Dodge

      Short Orders

      Short Stories

      Steve Dodge

      Short Orders

      Short order (noun): A meal from a restaurant, often breakfast, which is prepared and served quickly. (Adjective): Something that is completed quickly.

      To my family and friends, and to the teachers at West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon, 1970-74

      Short Orders

      Copyright © 2023 by Steve Dodge

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission.

      Message in a Bottle Press

      Portland, Oregon

      www.stevedodgewriter.com

      Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are from the author’s strange imagination. Locales and public names are occasionally used for background. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.

      Short Orders/ Steve Dodge -- 1st ed.

      ISBN: 978-8-98811441-4-4

      Library of Congress Control Number 2023906811

      Cover Photo by Mark Reid. Cover Design by Steve Dodge

      Interior design by Jesse Gordon, A Darned Good Book

      Menu

      This Just In

      The Sun Conspiracy

      One Icy Morning at the Office

      The New Neighbors

      The Thing in the Kitchen

      Holmes Takes a Pee

      I Just Lost My Head

      Cat Gangs

      The Accident

      And Then There Was One

      Regrooving

      The Patrol

      The Stoplight

      Jimi Hendrix Pest Control Co.

      Then Suddenly . . .

      Taking Flight

      The Wading Pool

      The Other Marx Brothers

      The Fireplace

      Acknowledgements

      Notes on the Text

      About the Author

      This Just In

      Bugs Crash

      INSECTICIDE, Calif. (Almost Profound News) — A model Boeing 747 jetliner crashed off the mantelpiece of a local residence early today, killing 20 flies and the spider crew.

      A spokesbug at Landfill Memorial Airport said the crash occurred when the pilot, a spider, began attacking the passengers, who were mostly flies from Flydonia. Ten other flies, several ants, and a cockroach stowaway survived the crash. No bees were on board.

      The Sun Conspiracy

      Despite persistent media reports, the sun will not come up tomorrow, nor will it come up the following day. Now it can be told that there really is no sun.

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