Critical Question for a Brand New Year: 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 blooming near my back yard. I was struck by...
Tagged: Florida Man
Florida Man Has Made the Finalist List in the Royal Palm Competition
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...
The Reviews Are In: Critics Love Florida Man
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...
Michael Crichton, Coronavirus, and How Often One Should Wash a Tee Shirt
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...
Today is the Official Launch Day of All Four Books in the Strange Files Series
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...
So, Thanks to All Those Hoarders, Our Sewer Systems Are Backing Up
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...
This Just In: It’s Now Officially ‘President Trump’s Coronavirus’
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...
An Expansive Homage from Meg Gardiner to James S.A. Corey
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...
Oldies But Goodies From The Strange Files
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,...
