By: Amanda Wisdom.

Chopping carrots was easy. It was the onion that always needed guidance.

Rolo, remind me the onion technique?

My new limited-edition pastel pink RoloBot purred with pleasure, calculated the perfect onion cutting procedure, then offered to cut the vegetable for me. But I waved her off and continued chopping.

In the silence, a thought occurred to me: Rolo, what’s your favorite thing about me?

She paused, her meter shifting. I thought maybe she would not answer. Finally she said, That you need me.

I began crying. And not because I needed her, mind you.

But because of the onion.

© 2026. Amanda Wisdom

Amanda Wisdom is a horror writer and editor whose words have haunted podcasts and literary journals. With over seven years in publishing, she lives for storytelling, and long hikes with her chihuahua, always with a Stephen King book in tow.

Posted April 1, 2026.