The Poser (Fucking Scumbags Burn in Hell: Book 3) by Drew Stepek
The Poser
Welcome to Hollywood where you can be whoever you want.
Brandon "Sully" Sullivan is gifted. He can takeover anyone's mind and become them. Walk in their shoes. Say what he wants them to say. Do what he wants them to do.
Be... them.
In a world filled with cancel culture and cult of celebrity, it only seems fitting that someone with Sully's gifts could demand big money to destroy the careers of the Hollywood A-List.
You see. Sully is a Poser and he is being paid to ruin you.
Don't let him get in your head.
ALSO FROM DREW STEPEK
United StatesI was more intrigued with the technology being introduced than I was appalled at its use. This one really amps up the mystery and the possibilities of what we might expect from future entries. The Poser is an absolute blast of a story.
"With no way to beg for salvation, I was lost in the misery of humanity forever, never able to return..." Sully, The Poser, exacts his revenge upon the snobbish elite and takes it to an extreme level of what he feels is justice being served. Wanting more than the life he is living, he falls into the belief that he can jump into anyone he wants and live forever. But, once again, Hoop sets the trap that Sully deserves. Hell cannot be cheated. Welcome to your eternity! This one has an interesting twist on the use of technology intertwined with psychic abilities. I really enjoyed this one. Sully's revengeful acts were truly twisted and disturbing, but best of all was the ending when Hoop delivers another scumbag into his own personal...eternal darkness of hell.
Drew closes out his initial 3 stories in the Hoop universe with a gnarly story about a man who uses his psychic abilities for his own gain. When confronted with the ability to take his skills a step further, his greed gets the best of him and completely fucks him over. The ending to this one was truly bleak and well deserved. Congrats on a great first 3 stories, Drew!
The Poser is reminiscent of something that might have been written by Michaelbrent Collings or Michael Chricton, only a thousand times more brutal. It is smart, techie, and terrible (in a good way!). And in a world where we see our heroes acting out of character all the time - I am thinking about Rosanne Barr, Mel Gibson, and Miley Cyrus - stories like this really make us wonder.
This book in the F***ing Scumbags Burn in Hell series was just a treat! I like the Time and Thought that went into this story. The whole thing about Posing just sounded so dope and it raised a question in my mind; What would I do if I could take over someone else's life? This is about a Sully, a Phillies fan and an all around dirt-bag of a human being, who happens to be a poser, which is someone who is psychic, but can transfer themselves into someone else's body for a short amount of time using a combination of their psychic abilities and an assortment of Bluetooth devices. This was a very unique and clever story in the 'Hoop' series, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I did think that eventually something about him being a Phillies fan would arise later in the story, but I think it was a misdirection for the finale of this short story/novelette. Overall, I give this one FIVE BLOODY STARS!!!