Email Author Steven Almond

1992 Stories by Steven Almond

• Brother, Can You Spare A Marlboro?

  published December 30, 1992

  In a matchup the sportswriters are calling the Super Bowl of College Football, the University of Miami Hurricanes, ranked number one in the... More >>

• Letter? What Letter?

  published December 23, 1992

  Considering the circumspect tenor of his campaign, Bill Clinton's first major policy decision ranked as a doozy. Just one week after his triumph... More >>

• To Catch a Cop: Part 2

  published December 23, 1992

  When Dennis Whitt returned to Opa-locka from Tampa on December 11, he wore the broad smile of a vindicated man. The reason: barring a minor... More >>

• HIV In the First Degree

  published December 9, 1992

  Given the lurid particulars, it's not surprising that no one wants to talk about the charges filed against Ignacio A. Perea, Jr. The son of a... More >>

• Here A Max, There A Max

  published November 18, 1992

  Annette Beauplan picked up the phone, and for a few seconds she lost her bearings. She knew the voice on the line was her brother, Maxau Pierre.... More >>

• The Last Voyage of the Mighty Viking

  published November 11, 1992

  In the clubs and restaurants of Miami's Jamaican community, they still tell stories about the Mighty Viking. Stories, mostly, about his... More >>

• If You Don't Have A Visa, Stay Out of the Kitchen

  published October 28, 1992

  From the outset, this was not a routine Immigration and Naturalization Service raid. For one thing, the timing was all wrong. The three INS agents... More >>

• The Hits Just Keep on Coming

  published October 14, 1992

  About this there can be no argument: hours after his May 1 run-in with two of Miami Beach's finest, Roger Zayas wound up with one doozy of a... More >>

• Jails R Us

  published September 16, 1992

  On July 20, State Attorney Janet Reno sent a four-page letter to circuit court Chief Judge Leonard Rivkind proposing the formation of a new... More >>

• Keep Off The Park, Part 2

  published September 9, 1992

  Hurricane Andrew's assault on Dade left the county's nature lovers with a monumental grievance to lay at the feet of Mother Nature, in the form of... More >>

• Oats From The Underground

  published September 9, 1992

  In their more candid moments, they refer to themselves as "the underground" -- always in hushed tones, and often with the trace of paranoia that... More >>

• I Have Defaulted...And I Can't Get Up

  published August 26, 1992

  Traffic signage, in case you hadn't noticed, tends toward the functional: Stop. Merge. Yield. The strictures of rush-hour attention spans, not to... More >>

• A Kindler, Gentler Miami Beach Police Department

  published August 19, 1992

  Since his arrival in May 1990, Miami Beach Police Chief Phillip Huber has taken a number of steps to erase public perception that his department... More >>

• Born to Be Defiled

  published August 5, 1992

  "Every cabbage," Frenchman Jean Giraudoux once wrote, "has its pimp." Given the absurd mutterings Giraudoux inflicted upon his characters, the... More >>

• Assault With Intent to Cause Baldness

  published July 29, 1992

  Dorothy Richardson has never thought much of police officers. "Got no use for them," snaps the 60-year-old retiree, whose night table is stacked... More >>

• Keep Off the Park

  published July 15, 1992

  Harvey Ruvin didn't think it was going to be any big deal. When the veteran county commissioner met with attorney/activist Dan Paul months... More >>

• The Other Coup

  published June 24, 1992

  In its own paradoxical fashion, the Haitian Refugee Center's lawsuit against Secretary of State James Baker was a coup. A media coup. The court... More >>

• All the Ooze That's Fit to Print

  published June 10, 1992

  At a time in history when South Florida's mainstream media have devoted unprecedented resources to brainless babies and crackhouse testimonials,... More >>

• Calm, Cool, and Collecting

  published May 27, 1992

  The script would have sent the folks from Cops into spasms of voyeuristic glee. On September 21, 1989, a lone gunman invaded a quiet patch of... More >>

• Georgia on His Mind

  published May 20, 1992

  In five months as a criminal court judge in Dade County, Henry Ferro has come to expect days filled with mayhem. His overcrowded docket reads like... More >>

• A Heartworming Story

  published April 15, 1992

  With two fox terriers already yapping away at home, Gisela McClelland wasn't looking to adopt a third when she visited Dade County Animal Services... More >>

• Heard the One About Perry Mason Trying to Scalp Heat Tickets?

  published April 15, 1992

  To those milling in front of the Miami Arena an hour before game time on March 18, Steven Friedman's pitch sounded too good to be true. The... More >>

• Basil Wainwright

  published April 1, 1992

  Basil Earle Wainwright slumps forward, stubby fingers pressed at the temples, head drooped to reveal strands of hair combed across bare scalp. A... More >>

• Basil's Greatest Hits

  published April 1, 1992

  With all the disinformation swirling about his good name, Basil Wainwright often found it helpful to provide acquaintances, and potential backers,... More >>

• Ozone's Second Fiddler

  published April 1, 1992

  Martin Van Wyngen had his doubts about Lucas Boeve from the start. A mild-mannered translator from Ottawa, Van Wyngen was lured down to Boeve's... More >>