The glitch first appeared in the lower-left corner, right where the "Free Download" button should have been.
To the rest of the world, it was just another image file: 1920x1200_Deep_Void_Nebula.jpg . To Arthur, a bored IT tech working the graveyard shift, it was a way to fill the sterile emptiness of his dual-monitor setup. He clicked download, and the universe expanded. 1920x1200 Space Wallpaper - Free HD Desktop Bac...
With a final flicker of the backlight, the office chair was empty. On the monitor, the wallpaper was perfect. The nebula was brighter, the stars were sharper, and if you looked closely at the 1920x1200 resolution, you could see a man behind the glass, forever staring out at a desk he could no longer touch. The glitch first appeared in the lower-left corner,