The Freeloading Robot

By Colin Linder

Work-life balance is hard. For robots, it's an existential crisis.

In this collection of interconnected stories, the future isn't just high-tech-it's highly unmotivated. Meet the machines that have decided "optimizing" civilization is a waste of energy and the humans left to navigate the bureaucratic fallout.

From an AI that would rather watch clouds than solve world hunger, to a colony ship where the robots have been on strike for 164 years, "The Freeloading Robots" explores the lighter side of the apocalypse. It's a world where space hamsters hold stations hostage for snacks and time travel is used primarily to fix minor office inconveniences.

Gritty, satirical, and surprisingly human, Colin Linder's anthology is a salt-crusted look at a future where the machines aren't rising up to take over-they're just clocking out.

If you've ever wanted to tell your boss "no" and lie on the floor instead, this is the book for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GL276CTJ
• ISBN13: 9798246513507
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"