
Genres: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, Dinosaurs, Holiday Special, Technology
Escape Pod 965: T-Rex Tex Mex / Mother Death Learns a Trick
T-Rex Tex Mex
by Sarina Dorie
“Whoa! Hold on, partner!” the host of the party asked with his fake Texan accent. “What is that costume supposed to be?”
Of all the insufferable things, he was wearing a cowboy hat on his green, scaley head.
Dinosaurs did not wear hats.
Other costumed partygoers passed by the buffet table where I’d just placed my bag of candy, between a bowl of offensive kale chips and what smelled like mashed cauliflower. The humans at the Halloween barbeque apparently had no more intention of eating their offerings than I did, as they steered clear of the vegan display.
I couldn’t cook, which was why I had brought candy. Obviously.
“I’m a dinosaur,” I told my host. “Rarr.”