Six Straight Roads

By Adam Bender

Matt tries to be the hero at his friend's annual Capture the Flag birthday tournament in this coming-of-age short story set in the Philly suburbs. Sweating and covered with sap, Matt learns who his true friends are beneath the shade of a 20-foot-tall pine tree. In the tradition of fellow sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, Adam Bender reflects on his childhood experiences and the innocence of youth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adam Bender
• Release date: Jun 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781736096239

Adam Bender

Adam Bender is an award-winning journalist and author of speculative fiction that explores modern-day societal fears with a mix of action, romance and humor.Bender's latest novel is Utopia PR, a speculative satire about a public-relations specialist who struggles to find work-life balance while managing crisis after crisis for a dystopian American president.Previously, Bender wrote The Wanderer and the New West, a near-future western about a rogue vigilante who seeks redemption in a lawless America that fully protects the rights of armed citizens to stand their ground. Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018, the novel also won gold for Dystopia in the 2018 Readers' Favorite Awards and best Western Fiction in the 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards.Bender authored We, The Watched and Divided We Fall in a dystopian series about an amnesiac who struggles to conform in a surveillance society where the government keeps a Watched list of its own citizens. Also, Bender has published several short stories.In his day job as a journalist, Bender covers telecom and internet regulation for Communications Daily. He has won awards for his reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Specialized Information Publishers Association, and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.Bender lives in Philadelphia with his wife Mallika and son Rishi. He's usually a rather modest and amiable fellow.Learn more about the author at WatchAdam.blog. Follow him on Facebook (wethewatched) and @WatchAdam on Twitter and Instagram.

Book preview

�'�dbook_preview_excerpt.htmlmT[��8�Jn�3��-�gO�[V�ɐ�8��k��9JN�"ee���,5�QU]��/��{�N���D���q~�mA���Eu�{�:Z�������������{ڬ��ۏ���-��K���ˇ���fM˯���-��}�b{rA���5���?���?��޽��!Ϋ��t�)�T��$q�ծCJ��b �/ l�$qvBR��L;�B]R/�����H�Xi�J�D�s�=�g4<~��IS_ *Z�$���u����S R�y�t�,PvjQok����>[�BB��_����V��:g���W�S��d]���L��&N�Z� (��5�� PC�3i9HR&'����s ��5+��C���>�W�Ig��L9R� [��b&Z�tUܩc�z���"EG*��tF�veP�Ρ9�"�&�XRA��{�\�뜖�\?þlm۔�F0�ԪT���&� 5�`E���O��1Ø� ��L�^|U�����2[p��'�J�`��ĝ)��P�k����Z(L(��i��yF_Z�y����;�J�8K�;�tG�A\͑���r{����.�oS�����ǥ�6�����F/
���(I2�W�O9�
���Y���[� �~�R�dpH�>T1�F�SV�{ �)߰:�F�����%��� 6!�-��3(
[4�u0�����2k3�Q�oe�8��)oŋ�,;���pI�` ��b��m�6k���B����#*?���m�Δ�7�#�����^��9��;����% �w!����z�