Be Careful What You Dream For

Be Careful What You Dream For, is a humorous fantasy-fiction about a grade school boy who has an obsession with dreams and a strong desire to leave awake-world behind and become a permanent citizen of dream-world. Irv and Sandra Walker each have a drinking problem. Irv works for the city’s waste collection service, stopping after work frequently with the guys for a quick one or two. While Sandra, a stay-at-home mom, has a special liking for Southern Comfort and a couch with a cushion that has a permanent indentation of her slightly less-than-average looking posterior. They also have two sons, Sid and Benny. Benny is a twelve-year-old-jerk and Sid, at ten, has no friends because the other kids consider him a little odd. Sid becomes engrossed in wishes, hopes, and dreams; trying to find a correlation between wishing for something and actually what it is that makes some dreams come true while others seem to go unanswered. He goes to the library and checks out books on dreams and dream interpretation to learn what he can about this twilight state of wishful thinking. He wishes he could make some friends, that his family would get along better and that he could have a girlfriend. While dreaming, Sid makes friends with four boys from school he calls the “not-so’s” (short for not so friendly) and meets his dream-girl Sarah. It’s then that his dreams start to appeal more to him than real life does, so Sid is confronted with quite a quandary. Does he want to give up his life in the real world and remain in the dream-world forever? In response to his thoughts of constantly wishing to stay in dream-world with Sarah, a voice speaks to Sid. We all hear a voice sometimes, a voice inside our head that tells us to do or not to do something. Most people call this their inner-voice or common sense; some refer to it as the voice of God. Sid calls the voice “Butch” and is given the opportunity to have his dreams come true by taking on a challenge that Butch has offered him. He must journey across barren, desolate terrain to the “Caves of Lost Souls” to confront the “Dream Taker” and retrieve the “Book of Dreams.” If he can complete this task, he will be awarded permanent citizenship to dream-world. Sid takes Sarah (his dream-girl) and Hanna (a dreamy puppy that can talk and fly) along on his quest and is confronted by giant cats, flying assassins, and even his dead grandpa before he comes in contact with the one who crushes dreams for a living. Sid learns that he must be careful what he wishes for and that the decision he has to make will affect not only him but everyone he loves. Things happen pretty quickly and dreams do come true sometimes in this magical tale about a young boy on his search for happiness and what he wishes for himself and his family. A twisted mix of faith, love, and wishful thinking all make this a fun journey to travel. This book is a work of fiction. The characters, events, and places portrayed in this book are products of the author’s imagination and are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

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