Damien Loose, Episode 7: Coming Down

By Robert Strasser

Noir and family life collide in this fast paced debut by playwright Robert Strasser. Filled with wit and memorable characters, DAMIEN LOOSE brings murder, mystery and mayhem to the south side of St. Louis.
Damien Berchshire wakes up one morning and finds his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. His search for justice threatens to bring down an international company and destroy his marriage. A gloriously mad mystery set in the back alleys and patios of St. Louis.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Strasser
• Release date: Aug 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301047765

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 7

(Coming Down)

by Robert Strasser

Published by Robert Strasser at Smashwords.com

Copyright 2013 Robert Strasser

Cover designed by Elizabeth Byrd

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Other titles by Robert Strasser:

Damien Loose, Episodes 1-4

Damien Loose, Episode 5 - Lost and Found

Damien Loose, Episode 6 - Market

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Not Now, I got a Headache

Sunday morning coming down or waking up, neither held any joy for Damien. He fought for sleep against the revelry two doors down. The Fox Park Missionary Baptist Church congregated in the Robinson's backyard for after-service brunch. The exuberant post-religious cries for more potato salad leaked through the Berchshires's poorly caulked bedroom windows.

Damien sat up against the headboard. He rubbed