The State Street Robot Factory
ShortStory 4,891 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"Darius sells three pocket robots on the first Tuesday of October, and another three on Wednesday. At this rate he’ll be able to pay for his legs by Christmas. He does lose one robot to theft: someone figures out how to jimmy open the door of the display pod without scanning their credit code."
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