Dateline Florida: Masking the Gunshine State’s Problems
By J.C. Bruce I have been assigned by Tropic Press to write this new periodic dispatch from the Gunshine State, an effort to provide a...
Coronavirus in Florida Claims an Entire City but the Mermaids Survived
Thousands of lives have been lost in Florida due to the coronavirus pandemic and now the disease has claimed an entire city. Thankfully, the mermaids...
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...
It’s Florida, So It’s Weird, but Not All is Doom and Gloom
Alexander Strange is marooned in Key West waiting out the pandemic. Here's his latest report. We start out this edition of The Strange Files with...
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...
Looking for Some Shade–Avoid the Tree of Death
So there you are on a hot, tropic day and a shower breaks out. So you slip under a pretty green tree sporting what looks...
It Looks Harmless, but the Puss Caterpillar is a Pain
It looks kind of cute, harmless, fuzzy. If you encounter it, you may be tempted to pick it up, maybe even pet it. Don’t. Even...
A Little Nookie With Blue Lights Flashing
So where's the most unusual place you've ever had sexual relations? In the back seat? Betcha not a back seat like this. It began when...
That Was The Weird Year That Was
A big shout-out to the Associated Press and other Florida newspapers for this summary of weird news from 2019. Keep being weird, Florida. In 2019,...