"Return to Sender," by Gar Anthony Haywood, in Jukes and Tonks, edited by Michael Bracken and Gary Phillips, Down & Out Books, 2021.
Somebody stole Binny's favorite possession right out of his bar: "his late father's jukebox, the one that had been sitting near the door off the parking lot, next to the candy machine, since the fall of 1961."
Binny suspects that his ex-wife Peoria (what a great name) is behind the theft. He's right. But how can he prove it, much less get his beloved box back?
A tall order. But luckily the clowns who did the theft damaged the machine and needed to find a repairman, and that lead to...
A convoluted but enjoyable story.
