Reset

<P>In Reset author Timothy Benson offers contemporary stories of ordinary people who encounter unexplainable and life-altering situations often of their own making. Unprepared for the things they face they struggle to change the course of events before they reach the point of no return.</P><P>In Whatever You Say a young man's journey toward a new start begins with a white lie. The lie leads to another then another until the man's real identity starts to blur with a new persona that threatens to ruin his plans.</P><P>An incredible string of luck makes a businessman's life seem too good to be true in Way North of Lucky. He soon realizes his good fortune has a negative and dangerous effect on everyone around him leading to a frightening conclusion about his future.</P><P>The Almost Life of Leonard Paduszka tells the story of three imaginative young people who concoct a scheme to create a fake person. The plan succeeds beyond their expectations until a homeless man gives their faux man more reality than they intended.</P><P>The Bandit and the Barista recounts the story of a man whose gambling addiction leads him to plan a crime that at first seems foolproof. When his plan to temporarily blame a total stranger goes awry he scrambles to save both the innocent man's future and his own.</P><P>Rich in visual imagery memorable offbeat characters and dark humor the stories in Reset offer a view of the often strange and dangerous ways ordinary people navigate through modern culture.</P>