The Duke's Waiting Room
Verroa was almost bouncing with joy as she took my lace-gloved hand and sped out of the room, I obviously didn’t complain that the heels she put me in would…
The Duke's Princess
Stop treating me like I am cattle. I am HUMAN! Three hours of Verroa fussing over me and me still trying to make my throat scream in protest produced my…
The Duke's Best Success
“He wants to do what?” My dressing room lady asked with sudden worry. “He is thinking about selling the Dollhouse technology, Verroa. And maybe even a few of…
The Duke's Command
In the middle of a twirl, the music abruptly stops. I feel the music’s poison flushing out of my head and I can control my own limbs again. The Dolls are all…
The Duke's Satin Couch
“Keep your eyes open.” I hear a whisper at my ear and I open my eyes. Doll #73b smiles at me and I suddenly, I don’t mind keeping my eyes open as I stare into…
The Duke's Ballroom
I’m joined by more of the Dolls as I make my way into line in the hallway and wait. The boys were in one line and I was I was in line with the rest of the…
The Doll
She was one of those dolls you find in fiction, one with a mind and soul.But she wasn’t murderous or anything like that. Well, not yet. But when the military…
Childhood Fear
“Mama! Mama!” it cried in its mechanical monotone. With tooth-jarring whirrs and screeches, it jerked one foot in front of the other and shuffled towards us…
In The Heat of The Moment: Part 2
Garret flicked off his flashlight and placed it next to his badge on the passenger side seat. he then flipped a box of smokes open and placed it loosely on his…
A Girl's First Friend
Kathy dragged shut the zip on her bulging case. After 3 checks, 2 repackings and 2 counter-checks, she was sure she had everything she might need at…
Stitches
God had sewn me perfectly in his image. As I grew the strings that held me together became frayed. Days pass by and I fail to notice my stitches ripping. I…
Electric dolls (the sequel)
Clearly no one had told him. It made me feel upset; upset that people would try to forget my kind. We are no harm, we help. But people don’t seem to notice…
Beheaded
She stood there in her lacy nightgown on the edge of the cliff. The sky was dark. Huge black clouds rolled containing a fury that was soon to be unleashed. The…
An Abundance of Reality
The doctors pressed their faces against the glass like children crowding a pet store window. Jack’s chubby-cheeked daughter sat on the exam table, paper…
Rebirth
Dr. Green stepped out of the room as I started to work. No stomach for tech I guess. Humans are like that, very uncomfortable with robots that look like them…