My Battery Is Low and It Is Getting Dark

A military attack drone turned shepherd. A train on the London Underground evolving into something new and wondrous. A troupe of robotic actors struggling to find meaning when the audience has disappeared. Explore the myriad ideas of what happens when out-of-date and abandoned technologies are given a second life—one that takes them in a new direction, far outside their intended programming and beyond their original purpose.MY BATTERY IS LOW AND IT IS GETTING DARK features fourteen stories of quiet hope, heartbreak, creation, and death from fantasy and science fiction authors Dana Berube, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Jacey Bedford, Anthony Lowe, Chris Kocher, Brian Hugenbruch, William Leisner, José Pablo Iriarte, Alethea Kontis, Kari Sperring, Edward Willett, John G. Hartness, Alexander Gideon, and Stephen Leigh. You may never look at your smart speaker the same way again.Stories:Ganbold and the Best Drone in Mongolia by Dana BerubeThe Cold Red Dust by Merc Fenn WolfmoorTraveling Hopefully by Jacey BedfordAin’t Done Haunting by Anthony LoweThe Circle by Chris KocherFoster-Child of Silence and Slow Time by Brian HugenbruchWe Choose to Do These Things by William LeisenerBrewing Insurrection by José Pablo IriarteSassi’s Last Ride by Althea KontisThe Ghosts of Versailles by Kari SperringBeneath the Pall by Edward WillettSanctuary by John G. HartnessTerra 3:56 by Alexander G.R. Gideon (credited as Alexander Gideon)One Had a Lovely Face by Stephen Leigh