There Will Be School Tomorrow

In a near‑future society where schools are run by emotionless robots, the day the new generation of “roboteachers” is to begin unfolds with a strange calm. As evening falls, children fail to return home, and the automated phone lines broadcast a sterile message: the schools are closed. Parents, bewildered, watch the metal teachers march into their houses, demanding they sit and wait for an explanation.

The story follows Johnny Malone, the mayor’s son, who wakes on that unsettling morning to prepare for his first class with a robotic instructor. His family’s routine clashes with the uncanny presence of the machines, hinting at deeper anxieties about technology’s role in everyday life. As the town’s residents gather inside, the looming silence raises the question: what will happen when the very teachers meant to guide the next generation become the ones who hold everyone captive?