Damien Loose, Episode 2: Now What?

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Strasser
• Release date: Apr 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301141999

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 2

(Now What?)

by Robert Strasser

Published by Robert Strasser at Smashwords.com

Copyright 2013 by Robert Strasser

Cover designed by Elizabeth Byrd

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The Storm Before the Storm

Work-weary Theresa stabbed at the silver front door latch with her index finger. The stabbing right hand carried her briefcase in the tight clutches of its last three fingers, leaving her pointer and thumb free. Her left hand carried keys. Her left arm wrapped around a paper bag of last-minute groceries. A black purse hung from the same shoulder. She tilted slightly southward to keep the purse from sliding off. Using her one free finger she hooked the handle and swung open the aluminum door. It jiggled in the wind but didn't hit the house. It had been years since she'd hit the house. The purse slid to her elbow and dragged down the arm holding the groceries. Theresa, now titling northward, fought off gravity with a nimble spreading of her feet and kept the groceries from