The Wedding Gig
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| "The Wedding Gig" | |
| Author | Stephen King |
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| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Mystery short story |
| Published in | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1st release), Skeleton Crew |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Media type | Print (Periodical & Paperback) |
| Publication date | 1980 |
The Wedding Gig is a short story by Stephen King first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1980 and collected in the 1985 anthology Skeleton Crew.
[edit] Plot summary
Told from the viewpoint of a bandleader during prohibition, the story centers around a small time racketeer, Mike Scollay, who hires the narrator's Jazz Band to play at the wedding of his 300 pound sister Maureen, and her 90 pound fiance. At the gig, Scollay's enemy, The Greek, forces a man to come to the wedding reception and insult Maureen in front of the guests. Shortly after, Mike is shot down in a hail of gunfire from The Greek's men.
Maureen takes over his business, making it into a large criminal empire, and getting revenge on the Greek, until she dies of a heart attack years later.
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