"Explain This Imposture, Young Man, or I'll Call a Police Officer."

"The Robot and the Lady."

By Manly Wade Wellman (1903-86; Wikipedia HERE; the SFE HERE; Project Gutenberg HERE; and the IMDb HERE, 7 credits).

First appearance: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1938.

No known reprints.

Short short short story (2 pages).

Online at Archive.org (HERE).

   "'I mean to expose you,' she snapped."

LOVE can come to us from any direction, but we're willing to bet it doesn't come from this particular direction very often . . .

Main characters:

~ Alvin Peabody, Muriel Winthrop, and "an excellent imitation of a young Adonis."

References:

- "My prize robot" (HERE, HERE, and HERE; Wikipedia).

- "Adonis" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "her nose was straight and Greek" (HERE; Prof. Dr. Seckin Ulusoy).

Resources:

- Sociable robots figured greatly in Ray Bradbury's Marionettes series (HERE).

- The last time we encountered Manly Wade Wellman writing under his own name was "Insight" (HERE).

The bottom line:

Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.

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