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    The 11th Floor: Awakening
    The 11th Floor: Awakening
    The 11th Floor: Awakening
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    The 11th Floor: Awakening

    By Charles Culver

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    Part two of the series, The 11th Floor, takes you on Luke's journey to find answers to the nightmares that have been haunting him since his experience a few months prior.

    Mentally tortured and physically exhausted, Luke seeks help from a psychiatrist. The doctor suggests an unorthodox method, which Luke initially dismisses. It ultimately proves to be useful, but will it be too late?

    Questions are answered. Lives are endangered. Will Luke have what it takes to conquer the evil that haunts him?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Culver
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301264872
    The 11th Floor: Awakening
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    Charles Culver

    Husband and father of two girls. I've been doing computer work for 18 years. I have frequent nightmares that can sometimes be quite vidid. About a year ago I decided to start writing them down and turning them into stories. My first two books, The 11th Floor (parts one and two) are out now. My third book, un-yet-titled, is done and awaiting editing and revisions. It should be out in March.

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      This was a fast paced, short story about random people who seem to be thrown into an odd predicament. Everyone in the city has disappeared and they all are being guided to the 11th floor of one building. The story is dreamlike in its warping of reality, but it works so well with the storytelling that it completely captures you as if you were one of those having to make their way to the 11th floor. I simply could not put this book down and I am torn between feeling that I wish there had been more because I loved it so much and knowing that it was perfect exactly the way it was. You'll enjoy reading and you might not even solve the mystery until the very end.

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    The 11th Floor - Charles Culver

    The 11th Floor

    Part Two

    Awakening

    By Charles Culver

    Copyright 2013 Charles Culver

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright Information

    Copyright © 2012 by Charles Culver

    All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner of this book.

    This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and events are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or deceased, business establishments, events, locales, are entirely coincidental.

    Cover Image: Copyright Kutlayev Dmitry, 2012

    Used under license from Shutterstock.com

    Need to contact the author? You may contact the author by one of the following ways.

    Email: info@chuckculver.com

    Website: http://www.chuckculver.com

    Introduction

    Thank you for picking up a copy of The 11th Floor, Part Two. I realize I left the first book in the series at an ending in which some people were unhappy. I wasn’t sure if I was going to do a second one, so I wanted to leave it at a place where it could have been done or I could have continued Luke’s story. Obviously I chose to continue.

    A lot of people said the first book creeped them out. That’s good. That’s what I was going for. I think this second one is much less creepy and contains a bit less carnage. That will probably make some people happy. My original intention with this second book was to continue with Luke’s story. I wanted to wrap it up a little and answer some questions that were left open from the first.

    The writing of these books has been almost therapeutic for me. I used to have nightmares two or three times a week. Since completing the first one, I rarely have any. My wife is probably the happiest about this, since I don’t keep waking her up at night. That is now solely the job of our 3 year old daughter.

    So thanks again to everyone who helped me out. Mom, Jim, Tam, and all my Facebook and G+ friends.

    Enjoy.

    Chapter 1

    You have to help me, Doc. I think I’m losing my mind, said Luke, staring up at the ceiling fan. It’s all I can think about. Every time I see a mirror or reflection, I panic thinking I’m going to see him again.

    By him, you mean the hooded figure from your dream? asked the doctor. What was his name again? Nate, wasn’t it?

    Gently shaking his head from side to side, Luke corrected the Doctor. No, Nate wasn’t the hooded man. His name was Lou. Nate was the boss.

    Oh, right. My mistake, said the doctor, consulting his notepad. So this Lou guy, have you seen him since that day?

    Not since the car mirror.

    And how long ago was that?

    I believe it was about three months ago.

    You do realize it was only a dream. You know that, don’t you, Luke?

    It felt so real. How do you explain the dead people with the missing heads? They died in my dreams the exact same way.

    I can offer you a possible explanation, said the doctor. Perhaps you had the radio or television on while you were sleeping and heard the news, which worked its way into your dream.

    Maybe you’re right, but I still have trouble sleeping since then. I’m afraid of what might happen if I dream again. What if I have a recurrence?

    Luke, have you ever heard of the phrase ‘lucid dreaming’?

    I have heard of it, but I can’t say I know what it is exactly.

    I won’t bore you with the details, but basically it describes a state in which the dreamer realizes he or she is having a dream and is then able to exert some kind of control over it. The realization is typically triggered by noticing some anomaly or impossibility. By this, I mean things that couldn’t happen in real life, such as: pink elephants, garbled text, people flying, or conversing with deceased relatives or friends. These are called ‘dream signs’ and like the name suggests, give you a sign that you are in a dream.

    Luke sat up straight in the chair and looked the doctor right in the eyes. So wait, you’re saying I can control my dreams?

    "It’s not as simple as that, Luke, but ultimately if you learn to spot your dream signs then you may be able to control what’s happening at least a little bit. Perhaps

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