We write the kind of stories we like to read. Upbeat stories where the protagonist gets handed the sticky end of things but with cleverness and persistence manages to beat someone over the head with it. With luck, he or she grows a bit and maybe finds romance and happiness.
At least, until the next story. Life is boring (for a protagonist) when there are no problems.
We enjoy writing these, and hope you'll enjoy reading them.
This is a collection of tales set in Bonnie Brunish's MindSea universe. No surprise, these are stories about bioids, the AI/Android/Robot workers that keep that universe running. They are friendly, helpful and utterly safe.
Unless they aren't.
My short story A Precautionary Tale is included.
The sector's best smuggler is hired by the planetary governor to deliver a perfectly innocuous software upgrade.
Now, why would he need a smuggler for this, you might ask.
Well, our hero wonders the same thing, and then finds out.