Today I Am Paul

Martin L. Shoemaker Clarkesworld 107 2015

ShortStory 4,920 words Recommended by 7 award/anthology sources

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.

AI Fiction Artificial Intelligence Introspective

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Motherhood Tender Found Family Consciousness Intimate Near Future Social SF Literary SF Melancholic Contemplative Contemporary Grief And Loss First Person Bittersweet Science Fiction Identity Character Driven

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deathdeath-of-a-loved-oneillness-and-pandemic

Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.

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