William looked largely the same as when I had seen him last, except that he now carried a brown leather satchel over one of the shoulders of his suit. It clashed with his otherwise formal businesslike attire, and I wondered why he wouldn’t just get a briefcase or some such thing. “Hello!” William smiled, his face…… Continue reading The Cleaners Part 13: Ripples
Category: Fiction
The Cleaners Part 12: The Closed Door Campaign
Diane and the Anti-Cleaners enact a campaign to convince the Cleaners they’re better off respecting people’s rights.
The Cleaners Part 11: Penalties
Armed with their new knowledge, Diane and the Whickers try to think about how they’ll convince the Cleaners that it’s better to leave some people alone.
The Cleaners Part 10: Emergent Behavior
Diane hears what Mark and Henry learned on their tour. Then, wisely or no, she stakes her ground.
The Cleaners Part 9: Mother Cleaner
Diane meets Dr. Christine Gently to discuss the Cleaners, but ends up being confronted with much more than she expected.
The Cleaners Part 8: Visitor Protocol
Jim Tour Guide gives Diane and company a tour of the Montana Institute of Technology lab.
The Cleaners Part 7: The Other MIT
Henry wasn’t going to be able to go to Montana right away, he explained to me on my cell phone. I regretted giving him my number by calling him earlier, but he seemed nice, so it was probably all right. First his wife wouldn’t let him go on another big trip so soon after the…… Continue reading The Cleaners Part 7: The Other MIT
The Cleaners Part 6: Come Visit Sunny Youngstown!
Henry confronts Jake Silver directly.
The Cleaners Part 5: The Cleaners HQ
For the first time in my life since he’d passed, I felt like Walter was with me. This was outrageous what I was doing. Completely reckless. I had had the situation perfectly resolved, and now I was leaving my house. Leaving safety to venture directly into the lair of these – these things. The Diane I knew…… Continue reading The Cleaners Part 5: The Cleaners HQ
The Cleaners, Part 4: Whicker
Continued from The Cleaners Part 3: Diane Vs. William “No, you may not come in.” It wasn’t enough that robots were trying to force themselves into my house, now humans had to, too? Now that I’d faced one of those silly robots directly they weren’t so frightening anymore. I could ignore the biweekly doorbell ring comfortably…… Continue reading The Cleaners, Part 4: Whicker
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