You
Dear, Sweet Man
by
Thomas Neviaser
Genre:
Psychological Suspense
Would
you give up your life to enter an unknown world just to eat a
hamburger? A fast-food company creates the Ultimate Perfect Ad, a 3D
form of motion with a model having an evil agenda. Her telepathic
ability has special powers over men, utilizing a simple phrase, “You
dear, sweet man." Her plan jeopardizes a blue collar worker's
life as he realizes that advertising is not as glamorous as it seems
and that his relationship with the woman's ultra-ego has defined his
destiny from which he may never escape.
The
subway ad is enticing. One might even consider it elegant as well. A
beautiful woman, sitting atop a desk in a sparsely decorated office,
staring directly at Bobby Fastow, a blue collar worker, on his way to
his monotonous yet physically exhausting job. The photograph has
an unusual charisma, a spectacular presence. It seemingly leaps
off and out of the poster.
Bobby
Fastow intensely absorbs the information directed at him.
BurgerBlast, his favorite fast food restaurant, famous for
quick service and reliable, if not artery-choking fare, is announcing
a new name and a new direction.
But,
in the world of advertising, nothing is as it seems. What if the line
that separates an advertisement from the real world were erased? What
if an image stepped from an ad and beckoned you to follow it back,
inviting you to melt into its world. Could you resist? Bobby Fastow
couldn't, and his decision would turn his world upside down.
Dr. Neviaser is a
retired orthopaedic surgeon and author of many medical articles,
papers, presentations, and contributions to medical texts. He’s
written extensively on shoulder conditions, his specialty. He is
available as a speaker on most orthopaedic conditions. His
dynamic presentations involve a great deal of audience participation
and personalized attention to attendees.
Dr. Neviaser is
proud of his orthopedic guide book for the lay person, THE WAY I SEE
IT: A Head-to-Toe Guide Guide To Common Orthopaedic Conditions and
his first novel, YOU DEAR SWEET MAN.
He is now especially
excited to introduce to his new novel, THE MYSTERY OF FLIGHT 2222,
to be published this
2018 summer.
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“Get
Fit, Eat Fast Food!” read the poster above the subway window.
Bobby
had noticed advertisements posted here many times before, but this ad
seemed to leap out of its metal frame and demand his attention. Bobby
Fastow had ridden the subway to and from work for most of his adult
life. As a low-to-middle-income, unskilled factory worker with a wife
and two daughters, he had struggled from paycheck to paycheck.
Sometimes, he felt there was something unfair about it all. It didn’t
matter if his knees ached, he had a terrible cold, he felt down and
out, or
there
was a foot of snow on the ground. No circumstance seemed to warrant a
day off because every dollar earned was a dollar needed for survival.
So,
Monday through Friday, he boarded the 6:04 a.m. subway, sat down in
whatever seat was available, nodded his head, and tried to catch as
much shuteye as possible. “Shuteye” was different from sleep.
Bobby didn’t always nod off because he was tired, but closing his
eyes meant he could shut out and escape the real world around him and
enter another level of consciousness more of his choosing.
Today,
he was going to close his eyes, but there, in front of him, was an
advertisement illustrating a most attractive woman, whose features
were conjuring up feelings he’d had only when younger. He let his
overweight body slide forward in his seat, rested the back of his
head on the subway window behind him, and closed his eyes. He
imagined this woman sitting across from him in a bar.
She’s
reaching across the table and taking my hand, bringing it to her
lips, then lowering my hand onto her thigh, and leaning slowly
forward, puckering her lips.
The
emotion from this fantasy was so inviting, almost real. Maybe too
unbelievably real for Bobby Fastow!
Just
before her lips touched his, the subway swayed and jarred his eyes
open. He knew from experience that another stop was imminent.
Suddenly anxious, Bobby checked the station sign to be sure he hadn’t
missed his stop. He was not sure how long he had been daydreaming.
Noticing
he had a few stops remaining, he wiped his damp, shiny forehead,
sighed with relief, and straightened his bulbous body back upright in
his seat. He had gone into this make-believe world too deeply several
times over the years and passed by his destination. It wasn’t the
embarrassment, hassle, or frustration of getting back to his exit
that bothered him but the prolonged ribbing he had to endure from his
fellow employees for being late. This was what he really dreaded. He
had never
been
late in his twenty-plus years of work.
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