Five From the Jukebox — Dean Wesley Smith

Songs often take you back to a memory of a friend or an event. In the Garden Lounge sits a jukebox with the special ability to take a listener physically back to the memory, but only for the length of the song. Included in this collection are five jukebox stories.

"Jukebox Gifts" is the story of a bar owner who wants to give his friends the ultimate Christmas present, no matter what it might mean for him. “Golden Dream” is the story about how one of the characters from “Jukebox Gifts” gets back to the Garden Lounge. “Black Betsy” is a story about the baseball player Shoeless Joe and how the jukebox helped a man who had done something to Shoeless Joe that haunted him for years. And “Our Slaying Song Tonight” is a story of the murder of a previous Garden Lounge owner. “Ghosts of the Garden Lounge,” a moving story about a couple who used to be regulars in the bar, but were murdered, anchors the collection.

Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling writer of over ninety novels and hundreds of short stories. He writes in many genres and is known for original Men in Black novels and many Star Trek and Spider-Man books. Right now he's writing thrillers under another name. You can find out more about his work at DeanWesleySmith.com.