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The Sadness Box

Suzanne Palmer

First published July 2022
Type Short Fiction

Synopsis

Father, the inventor, has built a new kind of useless machine. Instead of simply a mechanism to switch off, every time the machine is turned on, there's an actual AI. And it's feeling horrible. So the boy steals it. That'll be something to study, in between all the attacks with nanobots.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2023 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (1)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2022 Clarkesworld, July 2022 Wyrm Publishing MAGAZINE 44