The Am I AI? series — five novellas by Gil Sukin
Five standalone novellas. Each one gives an ordinary person a question they cannot quite resolve about themselves, and follows them through a week of noticing it. Read in any order. Book One is the most common entry point.
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The Girl in Room 14B
Cleo, 17 · Arden House care facility, November 2042
"Cleo has been at Arden House for ninety-three days. She is, by any measure, doing well. She has been keeping a list of things about herself she does not yet know how to read."
The Soldier in the Green Zone
Connor, veteran · Muncie, Indiana
"Connor came home to Muncie six weeks ago. He runs the same route every morning, makes the same breakfast, raises his hand to his neighbour at exactly the right moment. He is waiting to see what arrives in him without calculation."
The Nurse on the Night Shift
Dana, night shift nurse · Chicago
"Eleven years on the night shift. Dana remembers every patient she has ever treated. The week begins with her noticing that completeness for what it is."
The Father on Maple Close
Nathan, stay-at-home father · English suburb
"Nathan is the parent who stays. He is sure of himself when his daughter needs him. On Thursdays, when the house is quiet, he is less sure."
The Widow on Fenwick Street
Iris, 78 · Harbridge, northern England
"Forty years on Fenwick Street, three years widowed, Iris still buys the marmalade Arthur preferred. The week she is given is ordinary in the way a week can be ordinary while a question moves quietly through it."