The Strange Case of the Chicken Assassin: A short story

Escape to an olive grove at the edge of the world. Discover the delightful misadventures of two American city boys as they try their best to take care of a tiny olive farm in New Zealand.

When Jared's partner, CJ, decides he wants to raise chickens for meat, Jared thinks it’s a terrible idea.

“Remember when you wanted to breed pigs for meat?” Jared says. “You fell in love with the pigs so hard that you ended up screaming, ‘I will never eat their babies!’”


But CJ insists. “I want us to be like proper farmers.”

As soon as Jared and CJ bring home their new ‘meat birds,’ it sets off a chain of events that leads to an unexpected and hilarious conclusion. Jared had no idea what he was in for.

This charming tale is part of the ongoing misadventures that started with the bestselling memoir, An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World.

• An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World: How two American city boys built a new life in rural New Zealand
• A Plague of Racists: A satirical short story
• The Reluctant Expat: Part One - Surprised by Spain
• The Reluctant Expat: Part Four - Settling Down
• The Reluctant Expat: Part Three - Getting Ahead
• Squashed Possums: Off the beaten track in New Zealand
• The Reluctant Expat: Part Two - Finding my Feet
• Fat Dogs and French Estates, Part 4
• Are We French Yet? Keith & Val's Adventures in Provence
• The Reluctant Hotelkeeper: A Memoir