Midnight at Deadstroke Billiard Club and Rispah Cafe

Jean Kendrick, a champion billiard player taught by DeadSTRoke, a grandmaster at billiards, was unable to win on the Women's Professional Billiard Tour: something held her back, and she returned to Rispah Junction. A young charismatic player, Corky, arrives with a beautiful young prostitute, Floppsie. The denizens of the poolroom don't trust Corky who is captivated by Jean. The denizens and Dr. Marek Kendrick try to find the cause of DeadSTRoke's death twelve years prior to beginning of the story. During Tournament Week, Corky and Floppsie mysteriously vanish. Jean's brother Dr. Marek, a physician in practice with Jean's and Marek's father, tries to explain the disappearance of Corky and Floppsie.