Sharing a Prologue Draft -- In a Staircase's Dream

[Unibot]

I usually don't share my work, but here's the prologue to a novel that I'm writing for fun (and to get it out of my head). It's only around 2000 words, so, enjoy!

Description of the prologue: A morose and depressed philosophy professor --following his recent divorce-- commits suicide to conclude one finale lecture on the meaning of life and the nature of reality.

EDIT: Oh and its definitely got some grammar issues, yikes, I can't write at midnight! I'm noticing a void where a "he" should be on the first page. My apologies.

[Valraven]

Brilliant. I thought, after the first paragraph, it would be immensely prosey, but the professor's insanity in his lecture is both entertaining and disturbing. Brilliant prologue; I want more. The professor is a brilliant character; I can't emphasis that enough. The way one student doesn't want to call the emergency services is a tad unrealistic, though, regardless of their character.

[Occupied Deutschland]

Very catchy, the professor is definitely a fun character. I'd suggest possibly introducing the kid who was attending the lecture in the prologue and allow him to respond a little more obviously to what the prof. says in the lecture (perhaps have the main character be asking some specific questions) but, that's entirely up to you, and the way it is now is impressive.Other than that, I just want to know where the rest of the story's headed. Good luck.