By J.C. Bruce What to make of Donald Trump’s suggestion that the presidential election be delayed? There are several immediate takeaways: First, and most obvious, is that he’s only doing this because he’s behind...
I just received some heartening news: Florida Man, my most recent book and the second in the four-book Strange Files series, has made it to the Finalist List in the Royal Palm Literary Award...
Critics from Kirkus Reviews and the Online Book Club have weighed in on Florida Man, the second installment of The Strange Files series (and most recently written): “Bruce’s prose is consistently crisp and...
“Florida Man … is full of twists and turns. It is simultaneously mystery and comedy. It was a delight to read.” Just received a review of Florida Man from the Online Book Club. Here...
I started my day thinking about Michael Crichton, tee shirts, movies, and pandemics—all of which sloshed together in my dawn-thirty, pre-coffee semi-consciousness. Michael Crichton because when I dragged a random tee shirt out of...
The news inundating us may be grim, but I hope this announcement brightens your day: After years of chronicling the misadventures of my colleague Alexander Strange, author of The Strange Files columns that appear...
There’s nothing even slightly amusing about the coronavirus and the toll it is taking on human lives and our economy. But in the midst of a pandemic, Florida, once again, is making itself a...
Alexander Strange, the weird news columnist for the Tropic Press and the guy whose adventures I chronicle in my series of Strange Files books, is stuck in Key West during the Coronavirus lockdown. Alexander’s...
This just showed up in the mailbox. After weeks of hearing President Trump calling the pandemic the “Chinese virus,” it’s startling to see him now claiming it as his own. But I guess we...
For the past five years it has been a happy July ritual to fly to the Big Apple and spend a week at the annual International Thriller Writers convention. Will I keep the streak...
If you’re at all familiar with Key West, you know this spot and, most likely, have taken a selfie in front of it. It’s the southernmost point buoy, allegedly erected, as the name implies,...
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