The Living Room

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A Novel of Life, Death, Love—and Miracles

by Bill Rolfe

Rolfe, Bill

The Living Room: A Novel of Life, Death, Love—and Miracles

eBook ISBN : 978-0-9878778-1-9

Paperback ISBN : 978-0-9878778-0-2

Copyright © 2012 by Bill Rolfe

All rights reserved—no part of this book may be produced in any form,

or by any means, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a

review, without permission from the publisher.

Publisher

Living the Dream Publications

Printing

Blitzprint Inc.

The Living Room: A Novel of Life, Death, Love—and Miracles

First Edition

Printed and Bound in Canada

Introduction

Late one night back in July 2002, I fell asleep and had a dream. It

was unlike any dream I’d had before, or since. It was like watching

an extended movie, and it ended with instructions for me in the

rolling credits. I awoke in shock and glanced at the clock next

to my bed, only to discover that what had seemed like hours of

sleep had only been a few minutes.

I got up, sat at my desk, and spent the rest of the night writing

everything down. Never having written anything before, I took the

next few weeks to follow the instructions from the dream—and

tell the story as a novel.

After a few months of being inspired by the story, but at the same

time feeling overwhelmed with the project, I put it away. However,

I couldn’t forget it.

Now, after more than nine years of struggling with the process

and battling against my own self-doubt, I’m ready to share the

story. The Living Room was my dream.

—Bill Rolfe

Chapter 1

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The alarm clock sounded needlessly. Daniel was already awake,

just as he was every morning at this time. He rolled out of bed

and walked across an expanse of plush carpet to the massive

bedroom window of his downtown New York high-rise.

As he gazed over the skyline from almost seventy stories up, he

had a choice of hundreds of sights: historical landmarks, buildings

that were architecturally appealing, even a few adorned with

company names displayed for all to acknowledge and admire.