Selling Point

"Selling Point" by Norman Arkawy is a science fiction story that unfolds in a future filled with androids and robots. The story centers on Ira, a robot salesman, and Emma, an android maid, as they grapple with unexpected feelings for one another. Ira, trying to sell household robots, meets Emma and ends up experiencing emotions that challenge his robotic existence. Emma, secretly an android herself, finds she reciprocates these feelings. Together, they face a conflict: should they follow their programming, or embrace this newfound connection and defy the rules set for them? It's a story about identity, emotion, and what it truly means to be human in a world increasingly shaped by technology.