Fiction

Sensation and Sensibility

Two androids—one lacking touch, the other lacking smell, and both lacking taste—have tea time at a café.

• “[P]leasant . . . reading.” — Victoria Silverwolf, Tangent
• “Nicely written.” — Sam Tomaino, SFRevu

The story appeared in issue 200 of Clarkesworld.

The Carrion Droid, Zoe, and a Small Flame

An android who tends to groves of trees in an arbetery has a chance encounter with a woman who changes the droid’s understanding of the world.

• “A touching tale with a poignant ending.” — Sam Tomaino, SFRevu
• “[A] lovely story . . .” — Karen Burnham, Locus

The story appeared in issue 187 of Clarkesworld. An audio version is available on the Clarkesworld podcast.

Cherry-Blossom Droid

An android wanders a post-climate-apocalypse world, trying to find a moment of reprieve from intrusive remembrances of an unforgivable act the droid committed when it served as a caretaker.

Nebula Suggested Reading (2021)

The story appeared in issue 1.3 of The Dread Machine.