Steve DeGroof 
Negative Space: A Collection of Short Stories 

‘Bugged’: Patrick has a bug problem. — ‘Smith’: Peter has a special set of skills. Too bad they’re someone else’s. — ‘Digits’: Amethyst couldn’t care less about the Crystal Numbers. She just wants to go home. — ‘Heading Home’: Inzhu was banished from her village, for being a teenager. — ‘Stranger’: When you talk to strangers in grocery store parking lots, you never know what you’re in for. -‘Life’s Work’: The world-simulation servers keep shutting down because they’re too introspective. — ‘And a Star to Guide Her By’: Captain Salucci can’t steer her ship, because somebody didn’t fill out the right forms. — ‘Masquerade’: T.W. Masterson throws the best parties. Everyone’s going, living or dead. — ‘Kill Switch’ — Dr. Vanderveldt would really like it if her robots would stop trying to kill everyone.