Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is a collection of five short stories exploring the darker side of man relation to the universe and his technology. THE HOUSE OF BAD BLOOD - Author Kevin Strike thought he had inherited a windfall, but he's discovered that that not all pitch sessions are the same. REGRET, I AM ALLOWED -- Phoenix is the self-aware computer at the heart of their starship and while a fully intelligence and emotional creature he's about to discover the limits of his actions. THE STATION ON THE EDGE -- Stranded, light-years from help, the station was their only means of survival, but they did not know about the station's masters. ARACELI -- Forced into smuggling for a corporation she loathes by a man she hates Araceli Castenada discovers the price she is willing to pay for justice. WHAT EVERYONE WANTED...-- Quantum computing held the answer and salvation to humanity's nearly insurmountable troubles, but everything comes with a price.