Cock-A-Doodle Die

By Robert Jeschonek

The Planet of the Chickens is here! In the future, humanity has devolved into rat-sized pests who stir up trouble in a civilization of super-sized poultry. Killer roosters hunt the pests without mercy, but one such hired gun--champion cockfighter Shad Lugo--can't close the deal. This bad mother-clucker runs afoul of the wiliest pack of little people ever, turning routine pest control into a gut-wrenching grudge match. Feathers and bullets fly as the death-dealing rooster wages a one-cock war on the vicious little pests...and plunges beak-first into a nightmare that's even crazier and more shocking than the clucked-up world he inhabits. Don't miss this story by award-winning Doctor Who and Star Trek writer Robert Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected science fiction that really packs a punch.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
• Release date: Oct 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386207382

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cock-a-doodle die

Shad Lum Lugo the meemee exterminator strutted across the paved lot, feeling the bright morning sun as it heated his feathers.  He was glad to be alive, and he crowed about it again, though he'd already crowed at dawn as he did every day. Life, oh life was so good.

Then, suddenly, two meemees ran out of the brush in front of him, and he reared back, scrambling to aim his pistol at them.

The meemees were barely two feet tall, covered in fur (one black, one blond), and bipedal.  It was the only thing they seemed to have in common with Shad's people, the Ch'Kaw--getting around on two legs.

Otherwise, the meemees didn't measure up.  The Ch'Kaw were ten feet tall, immeasurably smarter, covered with beautiful plumage, and the dominant species of planet Earth.

So why were the damned meemees so hard to kill?

They were fast on their feet, for one thing.  Even as Shad swung his pistol around, they scurried further away, heading for the back of The Coop restaurant.  A few more steps, and the pistol would be useless; Shad couldn't open fire if there was a chance of hitting a worker inside the place.

So he took a chance and threw two shots at the fleeing meemees.  Neither bullet hit its mark.

Then the meemees reached the restaurant and flung themselves into a tiny hole at the base of the wall.  Shad had