Damien Loose, Episode 1: Blood

By Robert Strasser

Damien Berchshire, husband, father, Englishman, wakes up to find his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. Damien decides to conduct his own investigation. Well, it gets crazy. He seeks help from a former eco-terrorist, hunts down an ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, rides public transportation, escapes from a Blues-jersey-wearing bagman, doesn't call his mother, has a drink at Mangia, gambles at a casino where he's been banned for life, tries to get tenure, drinks at Mangia, gets punched in the face, is arrested, shops at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, gets a gun, drinks at Mangia, sees a coyote, visits the St. Louis Art Museum, takes his wife out to dinner, talks politics, drinks at Mangia, gets kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, puts his daughter to bed, goes to a ball, breaks into an accounting office and tries to figure out what the hell is going on with number 6.
Episode 1 gets the ball rolling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Strasser
• Release date: Apr 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301712205

Robert Strasser

Robert Strasser is a St. Louis author. He co-founded the Tin Ceiling Theatre Company and helped create the seven/24 short play festival. He's reviewed theater for KDHX radio. He's written for the St. Louis Evening Whirl. He is the creator and head writer for the sci-fi web series Artemis Burn. His travel pieces and artist interviews have appeared on numerous websites. He also lived in a bookshop in Paris for awhile, and the Canadian police stole his driver license.

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Damien Loose

Episode 1

(Blood)

by Robert Strasser

Published by Robert Strasser at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Robert Strasser

Cover designed by Elizabeth Byrd

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Don't Bring a Bar Stool to A Gun Fight

Damien Berchshire sat on the floor of the newly destroyed Mangia Italiano and worried about the blood in his trainers. Wait, down on the south side nobody knew what a trainer was. He shook his head to clear the haze. Sneakers...hightops...gym shoes...running shoe....some adjective plus shoes. Damien decided to keep it simple.

Shoes.

What was that? asked the paramedic holding the nine gauze pads in place against Damien's thigh. Another paramedic wrapped a whole roll of the stuff around the leg and remained silent. The Wrapper carefully avoided the splintered stool leg imbedded at an odd angle through the thigh.

"My wife will not be happy with