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Florida Man
Alexander Strange wants to get to Florida in the worst way. So he arrives in a coffin. And why not? He writes about news of the weird for a living, so what could be crazier than that? Well, things do get more bizarre when he hooks up with an old college friend who is being blackmailed by a mad rhymester who sends her on a scavenger hunt across the state to a series of oddly haunted tourist traps. Kinda funny. Until it isn’t. Bullets will do that.
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 18, 2020
About the author
J.C. Bruce
5 books6 followersJ.C. Bruce is a journalist and author of The Strange Files series of mysterious adventures featuring Alexander Strane, America's only journalist covering news of the weird on a full-time basis. J.C. Bruce holds dual citizenship in the United States of America and Florida. He's nearly completed his doctorate in extranormal studies at the Lightgate Institute and is in training for the 2025 underwater ping-pong championships.
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June 4, 2023
New favorite author
Combines strange facts that may be true fables or superstitions or maybe just made up by the author. It's hard to tell, but some of them Google could find. Makes me feel like I never really knew the real Florida, even though I finished high school there and have gone back at least annually, if not more often, to visit those relatives still there, those I married into, and others I came to know. Then again, I realized at an early age that Ann Landers would probably consider the entire state to be full of alcoholics since pretty much everyone seemed to have at least 2 drinks a day/evening. Maybe we lived in an altered state of mind.
The author used to be one of my neighbors over 20 years ago. I didn't realize then how much literature and humor he carried around with him. Of course it's probably as he says, mostly from his friend Alex Strange, and he's just recording it. Seems that was a literary device Camus used once too to good use. Then again, the Sherlock Holmes books are usually narrated or told by the detectives friend, although he's in the story in those cases.
You can't guess where this story is going, given that he included New Orleans as an influencer and enabler. Even Florida has to admit that the Crescent City is Queen of the Unusual, weird, and macabre. We just visit for refills, and to walk them down the street.
Keep writing... the till is never dry. Not in Florida.
Combines strange facts that may be true fables or superstitions or maybe just made up by the author. It's hard to tell, but some of them Google could find. Makes me feel like I never really knew the real Florida, even though I finished high school there and have gone back at least annually, if not more often, to visit those relatives still there, those I married into, and others I came to know. Then again, I realized at an early age that Ann Landers would probably consider the entire state to be full of alcoholics since pretty much everyone seemed to have at least 2 drinks a day/evening. Maybe we lived in an altered state of mind.
The author used to be one of my neighbors over 20 years ago. I didn't realize then how much literature and humor he carried around with him. Of course it's probably as he says, mostly from his friend Alex Strange, and he's just recording it. Seems that was a literary device Camus used once too to good use. Then again, the Sherlock Holmes books are usually narrated or told by the detectives friend, although he's in the story in those cases.
You can't guess where this story is going, given that he included New Orleans as an influencer and enabler. Even Florida has to admit that the Crescent City is Queen of the Unusual, weird, and macabre. We just visit for refills, and to walk them down the street.
Keep writing... the till is never dry. Not in Florida.
April 9, 2021
Very strange
I do have a degree of difficulty with this series. I have read book 1 and 2. I find the character of Alex Strange very captivating. Amusing, funny, sardonic, cynical (ish).
I find/found both books a bit slow for perhaps three-quarters of the books BUT the last quarter of both books are brilliant. Hence 5 stars. I wish I knew why I find/found them slow to start - I will carry on to book 3 soon.
I do have a degree of difficulty with this series. I have read book 1 and 2. I find the character of Alex Strange very captivating. Amusing, funny, sardonic, cynical (ish).
I find/found both books a bit slow for perhaps three-quarters of the books BUT the last quarter of both books are brilliant. Hence 5 stars. I wish I knew why I find/found them slow to start - I will carry on to book 3 soon.
August 8, 2023
Funny characters but yet a serious mystery
December 24, 2025
great read👍
I read him on the internet and decided to try the books. Loved Florida Man! On to the next! Good job, Mr Bruce!
I read him on the internet and decided to try the books. Loved Florida Man! On to the next! Good job, Mr Bruce!
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