THE UNOFFICIAL OFFICIAL RECORD BIOGRAPHY: DISPUTED
FILE 04   /   MILL CREEK / INCIDENT REPORT

NOTHING TO SEE HERE. EXCEPT THAT BARREL.

THE
CATCH

Tony went fishing for some peace and quiet. Instead, the creek handed him a question nobody wants to answer.

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CREEK WATER • OLD SECRETS • BAD PUBLICITYROBERT WALNUT / THE AVERAGE AMERICAN OUTLAW
CASE FILE / 04
The Catch by Robert Walnut — original coverTHE PAPERBACK / AN ACTUAL BOOK
AVERAGE AMERICAN OUTLAW / BOOK 04

The Catch.

He just wanted a nice goddamn day.

Tony has bait, beer, a little weed, and Black Sabbath. His plans for the day do not require another person. They certainly do not require becoming useful to the general public.

Then he sees something in the water that looks a little too familiar. Looking into it is supposed to take twenty minutes. So is the next favor. And the next.

A darkly funny novel about a man trying to be left alone, the trouble that refuses to let him, and what happens when minding your own business stops being an option.

A reluctant hero / Dirty water / Unfinished business

Book 04 in Robert Walnut’s Books to Read in Jail — For the Average American Outlaw series.

RECOVERED MATERIAL / EXHIBIT 04

FIELD NOTES / 001

Select an observation from Tony’s original report. This is fiction, not laboratory data.

EVIDENCE: PHOTOGRAPHED04 / 05
OBSERVATION / 01

The drum

Blue steel, rust, a dented end, and a yellow D14 tag. It should not be in a creek.

DOCUMENT TYPE WITNESS OBSERVATION
STATUS IDENTIFICATION PENDING
REMOVAL DOES NOT ANSWER EVERY QUESTIONROBERT WALNUT / FICTION
FILE CONNECTION / FROM THE OUTLAW RECORDS

MILL CREEK / INCIDENT LOG

Tony wanted to fish alone. The whole town apparently had a different plan.

PERSONNEL FILE ↗LOCATION FILE ↗
SOMEWHERE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE

EVERYBODY
KNOWS SOMEBODY.

Danny’s old jam-band days point Tony toward people who know fish and water. A quiet afternoon becomes everybody’s business.

Dig through the loose evidence