Flash Fiction: The Void

Jim Lane laughed as one man hit the other over the head with a shovel.

"Goddamn, Bill, this movie's funny. You seen it?"

"Yes, Jim, but I do not see the humor."

"That’s because you're a robot."

"I am programmed to understand humor."

The pale blue light from the video screen illuminated the robot's shiny fake skin.

"You know, women don't get this humor, either. Maybe you were made female. That's not exactly a bulge you're sporting under those tights."

An alarm sounded. Jim silenced it as the ship jol...