Secret Ops briefing.

“Our suspect is addicted to tanning salons. His getaway dogsled team was one husky short, so he substituted a gnome.”

“Sir, in mushing, haw is left, right?”

“Right, but the replacement was on the right.”

The sergeant pressed on.

“Welcome to the Hue Man Gee Gnome Project.”

John H. Dromey has had short fiction published in Gumshoe Review, Plan B Magazine, Plasma Frequency Magazine, and elsewhere.