Jack of Harts

I wrote Miami Red for the Vice Noir anthology. It was not accepted, but I loved writing the story. It’s a very rare story for me, placed in a time in living memory of both myself and the readers I market to. That required a lot of research because I wasn’t creating new vehicles, weapons, or locations. Everything was in a world that people remember, even if it is colored by Ray-Bans, bright suits, neon lights, and synthetic mood music. So I did the research, I talked to friends, and then I went to town. Literally.

Here is Captain William Carter, Texas Ranger, fighting a new kind of monster in the neon Miami of 1988.

Miami Red on Substack