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Martin L. Shoemaker

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Today I Am Paul

Martin L. Shoemaker Clarkesworld 2015 ShortStory 4,920 words

Alzheimer's patient's family can't visit her very often, so they buy a robot to fool her into thinking they're visiting her. The robot tells the story.

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Uncle Roy's Computer Repairs and Used Robot Parts

Martin L. Shoemaker Analog 2024 Novella Science Fiction 18,748 words

"Roy Harris perched on a stool in front of his new shop door, very carefully filling in the letters that Martha had sketched out on the window. She had a steady eye for that sort of thing. He could stay within the lines, but don’t ask him to put the lines...