“So I guess I’m a woman.” Adam looked up. He was cooking while Gladys browsed websites for local clothing stores. “It never really came up back with the other robots,” she continued. “We’re gendered based on our names and voices I guess, but don’t have biological sex.” “If you are not comfortable as a woman, […]

Nobody in Sebdall’s Department Store seemed to find it odd for a man to be shopping in a beekeeping outfit. So at home in his suit was Adam, that it just seemed natural. This being his first shopping experience, he took his time. When time came to pay, he took out only the amount needed, […]

Dante put a wad of cash into Adam’s hand. “Five thousand. Your allowance for the month.” Adam had never held so much money. Back home he’d needed none. “Allowance? Then you expect nothing in return for this?” Dante sat next to Gladys on the sofa. There was a sitcom on the television. “Well,” said Dante, […]

Adam ended his meditation. He found Gladys where she had been for hours, sitting in front of the television. She looked at him as he entered. “How’d the thing go?” “Well. The criminals had no chance. Dante is on his way here with the money now.” “And he behaved?” Adam raised his eyebrows, then understood. […]

Dante sauntered out of the club carrying a sack full of wads of cash, some booze, and a lamp he thought looked pretty nice. Behind him a mobster shouted vitriolic warnings through bleeding teeth, but made no attempt to actually make good on his threats or even to stand up. Adam’s bee followed the assassin […]