GoKawiilNature Futures publishes short story 'The Pianist Who Never Played'
Nature's Futures section has published a short science-fiction story about an android pianist who is replaced before ever performing, after a shipping delay leads her owner to buy a newer model. Left in a storage shed, she is given books by the household butler and discovers reading as an alternative to the music she was built to play. The story explores themes of obsolescence, purpose and self-discovery through the android's shift from music to literature.