Overview

Whether their cover bands play Willie Dixon or Willie Nelson, juke joints and honky-tonks appeal to hard-working men and women looking for a good time. Offering hot music, cheap food, and generous amounts of liquor, jukes and tonks are often a community's unofficial gathering spot, where Saturday nights are spent committing the sins church leaders rail against the following morning. The stories in Jukes & Tonks introduce you to many sinners and few saints, love begun and love gone wrong, and all manner of unsavory criminal endeavors. What the stories have in common is that they plop you down in worlds where the music pulsating from the compact stage-if there's a stage at all-provides the backbeat for tales that are unsparing, heartbreaking, twisty, and a few are as dark as the night, and the blinking sign offering live music is an invitation to the unexpected. Contributors include Trey R. Barker, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Brown, S.A. Cosby, John M. Floyd, Debra H. Goldstein, Gar Anthony Haywood, Penny Mickelbury, Gary Phillips, William Dylan Powell, Kimberly B. Richardson, and Stacy Woodson.

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9781940758473

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This installment introduces some memorable characters readers will want to follow; however, they ll be exasperated by Mae s constant fluctuation between determination and self-loathing, her repeated need to be reassured, and the story s cliff-hanger ending. Publishers Weekly

This installment introduces some memorable characters readers will want to follow; however, they ll be exasperated by Mae s constant fluctuation between determination and self-loathing, her repeated need to be reassured, and the story s cliff-hanger ending. <i> Publishers Weekly</i>

This installment introduces some memorable characters readers will want to follow; however, they'll be exasperated by Mae's constant fluctuation between determination and self-loathing, her repeated need to be reassured, and the story's cliff-hanger ending. --Publishers Weekly

""This installment introduces some memorable characters readers will want to follow; however, they'll be exasperated by Mae's constant fluctuation between determination and self-loathing, her repeated need to be reassured, and the story's cliff-hanger ending."" --Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Liza Brown is a fan of the Cleveland Cavaliers and supports the team in any way she can both at games and from her living room couch. She lives in Massillon, Ohio.

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