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    Another Day
    Another Day
    Another Day
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    Another Day

    By Eva Holmquist

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    Bella is an android that is made to serve. According to humans, people like her are not capable of feeling, thinking or wanting. Bella, however, thinks a lot. She feels, she wants, and she is in love with Tom, which is also an android. Bella suffers verbal abuse daily, and she has to accept it because of the threat of being sent to the incinerator. But one day something happens, and Bella has to make a choice that can mean the difference between life and death…

     

    "My favorite was Another Day by Eva Holmquist. A nice short story about a hybrid (human-robot) who is used as a slave and her longing for a free life with the one she loves." - Carola Strömstedt

    "The short story is deep even though it is short & gives me the feeling of romance & science fiction vibes with a dystopian touch." - Patricia Lule Hamilton

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEva Holmquist
    Release dateSep 5, 2021
    ISBN9789188381453
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      Another Day - Eva Holmquist

      Another Day

      Eva Holmquist

      ISBN: 978-91-88381-45-3

      Ordspira Förlag, 2021

      © Eva Holmquist

      Cover Art: Andreas Raninger

      ANOTHER DAY

      MORE THAN HALF-way to New York. Bella suppressed a sigh. It wouldn’t do to let the passengers in first class on the luxury express notice how exhausted she was. Her feet ached, her legs were numb, and her face screamed at her in pain. As an android, nobody expected her to feel anything. But that wasn’t true.

      The luxury express wasn’t comfortable for those who worked there. The huge armchairs covered in red velvet took up most of the space. Everything else looked like mahogany, even though she knew it wasn’t. The aisle was too narrow and forced her to move sideways as she carried the tray with left-overs from mixing the drink. She raised her left leg, balancing the tray while opening the sliding door, hiding the equipment. Everything to make the passengers satisfied, but concealed from their sight. Stifling another sigh, she slid the tray in. She’d take care of it later. Next stop, this trip’s nemesis. There was always one that made everybody else seem like docile lambs.

      Bella forced a smile as she leaned over the woman with the over-whelming perfume. Nauseating. The passenger had been shouting for Ada throughout the trip, and

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