Miami Noir: The Classics

IntroductionPart I: Original Gangsters“Pineland” by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Goulds, 1925)“Luck” by Lester Dent (City Yacht Basin, 1936)“Their Eyes Were Watching God (excerpt)” by Zora Neale Hurston (Belle Glade, 1937)“A Job for the Macarone” by Damon Runyon (Miami River, 1937)“A Taste for Cognac” by Brett Halliday (Homestead, 1944)Part II: Perilous Streets, Lethal Causeways“Street 8 (excerpt)” by Douglas Fairbairn (Little Havana, 1977)“Saturday Night Special” by Charles Willeford (Kendall, 1988)“The Works” by T.J. MacGregor (South Beach, 1990)“Small Times” by James Carlos Blake (Flagler Dog Track, 1991)“The Odyssey” by Elmore Leonard (Miami Beach, 1995)Part III: Miami’s Vices“To Go” by Lynne Barrett (Hialeah, 1996)“Lemonade and Paris Buns” by John Dufresne (Aventura, 1996)“The Red Shoes” by Edna Buchanan (Downtown, 1999)“Tahiti Junk Shop” by Les Standiford (North Miami Beach, 1999)“Ghosts” by David Beaty (South Miami, 1999)Part IV: Gators & Ghouls“Gators” by Vicki Hendricks (The Everglades, 2000)“Washington Avenue” by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (Washington Avenue, 2001)“Superheroes” by Preston L. Allen (Opa-Locka, 2006)“The Monkey’s Fist” by Christine Kling (Straits of Florida, 2006)