THE HAYSEED.
Locals called it Walt’s. Nobody asked Walt whether he liked that.
Twelve stools. Four booths. Two pool tables. A bathroom you could locate by listening. This is where Robert Walnut’s Books to Read in Jail — For the Average American Outlaw series begins. Pull up a stool and inspect what was left behind.
FICTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION • NOT AN OPERATING ESTABLISHMENT • CASH ONLY IN SPIRIT
EXHIBIT A / THE SIGN EVERYBODY REMEMBERSLOOK AROUND.
DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING.
Five things worth noticing. Select any numbered marker—or use the object list below the image.
THE WORST
BUSINESS PLAN
IN TOWN.
Walt is gone. Trish has twelve months to match a $250,000 offer. Danny decides that apparently what everyone needs is a promise.
Toggle the contributions to see just how far short the crew started. The numbers are canonical. The confidence was not.
READ SEED MONEY ↗NOT AN OFFICIAL LOAN APPLICATION
— DANNY, PROBABLY
THE USUAL
SUSPECTS.
A few of these characters keep showing up in different books. That’s either fate or a lack of better acquaintances.
DANNY
Heart of gold. Judgment on layaway.
OPEN FILE ↗02 / THE REAL BOSSTRISH
Kept the lights on when everybody else had ideas.
OPEN FILE ↗03 / THE PITCHDAVE
Has merchandise. Will develop a plan shortly.
OPEN FILE ↗04 / THE TOOLSBILLY
Fixes what breaks. Rarely explains why.
OPEN FILE ↗05 / THE COMMENTARYTONY
Probably right. Never makes it sound that way.
OPEN FILE ↗THE STORY
DOESN’T STOP HERE.
There's more of The Hayseed scattered throughout the other novels. Some artifacts are better encountered after finishing the first book.
SEALED FILE / 01WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BAR?CONTAINS MAJOR SEED MONEY SPOILERS — OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK
The twelve months run out. The bar is sold. A dispensary eventually opens on the site, and the old Hayseed logo has a second life nobody planned.
At the center of that irony is Walt, who would have been furious at the idea.
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