Minibus coincidence. a man possibly, some sort of official, is being showen around number of locations say in Austria?, Holland?, Poundland in England?, the last point before he departs he sees a red door in a building. He gets on the minibus, to the airport. He departs will stop maybe something happens on the aeroplane?. He arrives in China gets in a minibus. He gets out of the minibus, he sees the same building in the same red door, story hinges on this point. He thinks about it the same building in 2 different locations the differences and similarities. It turns out he's in a recreation in China of the place he departed. Minibus was a Chinese re-creation of Ford transit? some other type of minibus ? But with the Chinese name. Maybe not any point with that.
Story could then show, the 2 locations from his memory with overlaps drawn on transparent pages. Same device can be used for other coincidences.
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Coincidences mesh flow-through structure of book eeriness is doubted by narrator? Possibly a character doubting any supernatural element. Proof is required of unidentified cosmic coincidence force? , unidentified force in general, maybe. Proof is given at or near conclusion of book in the form the fake book compartment housing Book inside book. This internal book will, confirm eeriness if opened out the right stage. Book will curse viewer if opened at the wrong stage.
Not sure how to do this. perhaps there will be 2 dreams, maybe towards the beginning or somewhere else in the book. If you were to open the book inside the book at the wrong stage you would confirm dream number 1 the book inside the book would inform you of this. if you have however open the book at the right stage then dream number 2 would be confirmed.
Or maybe it would just be a case of the dream coming true or not coming true, or the reader being cursed with the dream happening to them as per the type of events witnessed in the narrative. The uncanny could leave the book and enter into the real world of the viewer.
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Coincidences mesh flow-through structure of book eeriness is doubted by narrator? Possibly a character doubting any supernatural element. Proof is required of unidentified cosmic coincidence force? , unidentified force in general, maybe. Proof is given at or near conclusion of book in the form the fake book compartment housing Book inside book. This internal book will, confirm eeriness if opened out the right stage. Book will curse viewer if opened at the wrong stage.
Not sure how to do this. perhaps there will be 2 dreams, maybe towards the beginning or somewhere else in the book. If you were to open the book inside the book at the wrong stage you would confirm dream number 1 the book inside the book would inform you of this. if you have however open the book at the right stage then dream number 2 would be confirmed.
Or maybe it would just be a case of the dream coming true or not coming true, or the reader being cursed with the dream happening to them as per the type of events witnessed in the narrative. The uncanny could leave the book and enter into the real world of the viewer.
