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Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat!

Short story: The Dishwasher

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Gary A Schlueter
Oct 29, 2023
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Caribbean sunset

Chef Basil was a tyrant, but he was an honorable tyrant. He set standards, let everyone know what they were and enforced them. It was that last part that made him a tyrant. Caribbean people expect rules to be laid down; they don’t expect (because they don’t often see) them enforced. Chef Basil laid down the law and enforced it. He demand…

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