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1993 Stories by Kathy Glasgow

• Where the Girls Are

  published December 22, 1993

  Tracy's pink plastic mirror is one of those trinkets you buy at Woolworth's; one swiveling face reflects normally, the other magnifies. Mounted... More >>

• Mr. Bailey's Neighborhood: Part 2

  published December 15, 1993

  The Dade State Attorney's Office confirmed late last week it will join the City of Miami in investigating allegations against Assistant City... More >>

• Mr. Bailey's Neighborhood

  published December 8, 1993

  In October 1991, the Miami City Commission handed out a half-million dollars and started a small war. The fight erupted over how to improve a few... More >>

• Shelter Fallout

  published November 3, 1993

  It was all in honor of Dan Quayle, back in February 1991, when he was still vice president. Drivers down Biscayne Boulevard slowed to an irritated... More >>

• Unreal Estate

  published October 27, 1993

  A mean little piece of land along the Miami River gained brief notoriety last month as the site of the so-called pizza murder. A... More >>

• Soup and Salvation

  published September 22, 1993

  Punching out an arrhythmic battery of beeps on his horn, Lu Castillo swings the well-worn white van off Biscayne Boulevard and into a paved... More >>

• Citizen Cane

  published September 22, 1993

  More than ever in these waning days of Fidel Castro, the air between Miami and Cuba is electric with intrigue, upheaval, and the schemes of... More >>

• Man of Letters

  published September 15, 1993

  A letter arrives in the mail, addressed to you, from something called the American AIDS Alert Association (AAAA). "Ref: Possible HIV... More >>

• Beyond the Call of Duty

  published August 18, 1993

  Georgina Otero Lee drives a big green van for a living. She transports handicapped people around Dade County. Lately Lee has been driving with a... More >>

• Jail Bait

  published August 11, 1993

  About a dozen Metro-Dade Department of Corrections officers, most in their uniforms of forest green pants and light green shirts, were bunched... More >>

• Vagabond Cove

  published July 28, 1993

  Several months ago, the architectural highlight of the homeless encampment on Watson Island was a room with a porch, constructed four feet off the... More >>

• From Moscow to Miami

  published July 14, 1993

  The six little wood-framed paintings, modestly Impressionist in style, depict a street scene, a shady lakeside park, historical monuments. They... More >>

• It's the Booze Talking

  published June 23, 1993

  Sean was one of those people who never drank in public but who was always drunk. Without too much trouble, she was managing to put down a... More >>

• Birds Do It, Bees Do it

  published June 16, 1993

  It was one of those little things that mean a lot. A postcard from a distant country. "Thinking of you!" it read. "See you soon!" When... More >>

• The Cuban Connection

  published June 9, 1993

  As the United States trade embargo against Cuba has dragged on over the past 30 years, a simple phone call to the island has become a... More >>

• The Lure of the Ring

  published May 26, 1993

  The kid is a giant heavyweight: 6' 8", 270 pounds. He just moved down from North Carolina. Can he fight? Well, sure he knows how to fight, he... More >>

• Gorilla Warfare: Part 2

  published April 28, 1993

  On April 15 and 16, Matthew Block sat almost invisible at the burnished mahogany defense table in U.S. District Judge James W. Kehoe's dim... More >>

• Move over, Morris

  published April 21, 1993

  You see him on South Beach, svelte and silent, loping past the News Cafe, Mango's, the Clevelander. Turning heads. Drawing hungry hands that want... More >>

• Gorilla Warfare

  published April 7, 1993

  The big jet from Frankfurt, Germany, dropped gently through vaporous clouds to the runway at Miami International Airport, and Kurt Schafer's heart... More >>

• Sudden Impact: Part 2

  published April 7, 1993

  People still ask me about my car, the little red Sentra that was totaled as it sat parked outside my apartment in the rain one early morning... More >>

• Call While You Can

  published March 3, 1993

  It's your mother, her careworn Iberian face framed in graying hair, smiling delightedly and holding a telephone receiver to her ear. The past... More >>

• A Sea of Trouble

  published February 24, 1993

  Don Francisco had promised his television audience a once-in-a-lifetime story of love and adventure during this July 1991 taping of his show,... More >>

• Home Is Where You Build It

  published February 10, 1993

  Morning on Watson Island. Commuters cruise along the MacArthur Causeway, just across the Intracoastal from downtown Miami. The turquoise... More >>

• Sudden Impact

  published January 20, 1993

  The bang of the crash didn't wake me, but the piercing, high-pitched whir of a revving engine roused me to semiconsciousness. Three o'clock in the... More >>

• Wright Reborn

  published January 13, 1993

  Betty Wright is talking about being born again when she's interrupted by the beeping of her phone, a high-heeled pink pump with pushbuttons. On... More >>