Strange Files Series a Winner Again
For the second consecutive year, a novel by Naples author J.C. Bruce has won the gold medal for best mystery in Florida’s most prestigious writing...
Strange Currents, Mister Manners Win Awards
The Florida Writers Association, the state's largest and most prestigious literary organization, has announced that two novels by J.C. Bruce -- Strange Currents and Mister...
A Question for Our Troubled Times: Do Snakes Poop?
I live on the edge of a nature preserve, and on Christmas Day I noticed a handful of bright green plants with ruby red berries...
In Opa-locka You Can Now Drop Your Drawers With Impunity
[caption id="attachment_923" align="aligncenter" width="300"] No ifs ands or butts in Opa-locka[/caption] For years, the south Florida city of Opa-locka, already one of the most unusual...
Fowl Play at Louisiana Bank Sends Police on Wild Hunt
Don’t call it a manhunt. It’s a chicken hunt. Police in Walker, Louisiana are scratching around for a pesky fowl who has been harassing bank...
The Grim Reaper Awaits You on Your Next Beach Excursion
The number of coronavirus cases and fatalities in Florida is at its peak, so what better time to drop restrictions on social distancing and open...
Golf in the Time of Coronavirus: Florida Man Strikes Again
It's refreshing to learn that even in the midst of a deadly pandemic where thousands are dying and millions are containing themselves in self-isolation, that...
Florida’s Haunted Interstate 4 Claims Even More Victims
A stretch of Interstate 4, known as the Dead Zone, has been eating cars. In its entirety, I-4 connects Tampa with Daytona Beach, cutting through...