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Laying the Music to Rest

Dean Wesley Smith

First published November 1989
Type Novel

<b>From the back cover of the Popular Library first edition:</b> "Trapped in time - Doc was a college professor, and much too savy to buy into the ghost tales that were making the rounds. But that was before he dived into the dark waters of an Idaho lake in search of a buried boom town... before he heard piano music wafting, inexplicably, across the forest twilight... or saw the phantom woman who haunted the lake, waiting for... what? Pursuing that mystery will draw Doc into the past and onto the icy decks of the R.M.S Titanic. Mired in a time warp, he must fight for the future by racing against a gang of mutant time bandits - and the ticking of the clock."

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1989 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a First Novel Nominee/Finalist
1990 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1989 Cover Laying the Music to Rest Questar / Popular Library Novel 1
January 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, January 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 30
February 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, February 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 32
March 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, March 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 56
April 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, April 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 22
May 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, May 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 38
June 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, June 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 22
July 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, July 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 27
August 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, August 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 24
September 2016 Cover Smith's Monthly, September 2016 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 42
December 2016 Cover Laying the Music to Rest WMG Publishing Novel
December 2016 Cover Laying the Music to Rest WMG Publishing Novel
November 2022 Cover Smith's Monthly, November 2022 WMG Publishing MAGAZINE 76