Download or read book Dead Set Tales of Weird Florida written by Martin Shannon and published by Tales of Weird Florida. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Eugene Law, one of West Florida's few active Magicians, the Sunshine State is a great place to raise a family. It's got pleasant winters and plenty of opportunity, that is until an army of the damned rise up to ruin his perfectly maintained dad brand-and destroy his family.It isn't long before Gene finds himself neck deep in Hell fleas, minor demons, and a Magickal ex-girlfriend with a thing for the dearly departed. Along with his less-than-helpful apprentice, Adam, our Magician will discover it's going to take every ounce of Magick he's got, and more than a little luck, for him to survive this one intact.Magick demands sacrifice, and as Gene Law is about to find out, so does family.
Download or read book Tales of Weird Florida Short Stories 1 15 written by Martin Shannon and published by Weird Florida LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida isn't all beaches and sunshine... These are the stories of Eugene Law, Florida's favorite Magician. He doesn't pull rabbits out of hats or saw women in half. He deals in real Magick, the cosmic powers of the universe, and all the trouble that comes with. Alongside his fiery wife, headstrong daughter, and fun-loving son, Gene will face all manner of monsters, mayhem, and Magick in a forever struggle to keep his family and his life from going off the rails in epic fashion. These are his tales of Weird Florida, both a place we know, and one far more mysterious than we ever imagined.
Download or read book Mostly Dead Things written by Kristen Arnett and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated New York Times Bestseller A Best Book of the Year pick at the New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, TIME, Washington Post, Oprahmag.com, Thrillist, Shelf Awareness, Good Housekeeping and more. What does it take to come back to life? For Jessa-Lynn Morton, the question is not an abstract one. In the wake of her father’s suicide, Jessa has stepped up to manage his failing taxidermy business while the rest of the Morton family crumbles. Her mother starts sneaking into the taxidermy shop to make provocative animal art, while her brother, Milo, withdraws. And Brynn, Milo’s wife—and the only person Jessa’s ever been in love with—walks out without a word. It’s not until the Mortons reach a tipping point that a string of unexpected incidents begins to open up surprising possibilities and second chances. But will they be enough to salvage this family, to help them find their way back to one another? Kristen Arnett’s breakout bestseller is a darkly funny family portrait; a peculiar, bighearted look at love and loss and the ways we live through them together.
Download or read book Oh Florida written by Craig Pittman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.
Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Download or read book Florida written by Charlie Carlson and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to visiting the odd and less known tourist attractions in the state of Florida.
Download or read book Cat Tale written by Craig Pittman and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020 “Witty and passionate.” —Lauren Groff “Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain.”—Gilbert King “The definitive book on one of America’s least understood apex predators. The story of how Florida’s panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told.” —Dane Huckelbridge The captivating tale of the Florida panther, its survival and rescue from extinction With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle. This being Florida, there's more than a little weirdness, too. An engrossing narrative of wry humor, sharp writing and exhaustive reportage, Cat Tale shows what it takes to bring one species back and what unexpected costs such a decision brings.
Download or read book Weird Florida II written by Eliot Kleinberg and published by Chapin House Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cows in the Intracoastal Waterway? A bloodsucking night creature on the loose in Miami? The Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich? Nationally known talk show host high on drugs? The mayor of one small town who banned Satan? The mayor of another small town who campaigned on a platform of "hot loins?" Yep! All this and more too! It's all in Eliot Kleinberg's Weird Florida II in a state of shock.
Download or read book Cracker Gothic written by Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRAISE FOR Wanda Duncan: "In Cracker Gothic, Wanda Duncan writes about the intersections between family and place with precision, wit, and loving detail. Capturing moments that are at times humorous and at other times heartbreaking, Duncan makes spending time in the Florida swamp an unexpected, lyrical pleasure." - Aimee Mepham, author of "Raving Ones"
Download or read book Florida written by Lauren Groff and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel 'A blistering collection . . . lyrical and oblique' Guardian 'Not to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant' Ann Patchett 'It's beautiful. It's giving me rich, grand nightmares' Observer In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother. Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury. 'Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpiece' Stylist 'Lushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracks' Financial Times
Download or read book Florida Man written by J. C. Bruce and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Strange wants to get to Florida in the worst way. So he arrives in a coffin. Chilling in its own right but made more so by the prediction of a soothsayer in New Orleans that he soon will actually face death. Why Florida? He's a columnist for an online news service that publishes The Strange Files, his weird news report. Where better to commit journalism than Florida when weirdness is your beat? But before he can begin writing, he must confront the challenge of helping an old college friend who is being blackmailed. Which leads him on a bizarre journey through the Gunshine State to a series of bizarre and haunted locales while trying to unravel the mystery of not only who is threatening his friend--and why--but also testing the boundaries of friendship and trust. Can you be too cynical? He has to find out.
Download or read book Welcome to SoFlo written by Lucas Milliron and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida ain't all about beaches and magical mice. Come to the glades with us, off the beaten path to the places in Florida you ought not go. Fight through herds of angry manatees, dodge bugs the size of Cadillacs, and avoid Aliens beaming down off the Bermuda triangle. From meth gators to death cults, there's more to the home state of Mar-A-Lago than meets eye. Welcome to SoFlo is a collection of 13 short stories by Lucas Milliron sure to show you the dark side of sunshine state. Featuring a broad spectrum of horror, from the comical to the cosmic, these stories drip with chaos and bloodshed. So pull up a lawn chair and slip on your koozie, cause we're going people watching right here in South Florida!
Download or read book Beaten Path written by Martin Shannon and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida isn't all beaches and sunshine. There are strange and hidden places in the center of the state, places where Wild Magick runs free and dark things lurk beneath the cypress.For Eugene Law, one of Tampa's few active Magicians, the smart plan had always been to avoid those places altogether, and as plans go, it had been a good one. That was until he closed a deal with the enigmatic 69 Mallory Lane to save his family. A single dirty deed in a backwater bar for the House tips the scales and sets Gene on a collision course with Demon Hunters, Darklings, and the best in Animated Demin. In short order, Tampa's ex-Magician finds himself deep in the heart of the Green Swamp where bad decisions reign supreme. For a broken Magician, sometimes the only way forward is to go back and take the beaten path.
Download or read book Florida Man written by Skyhorse Publishing and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full year's worth of the strangest, most outlandish antics of one of the Internet's true titans: Florida Man! Plus, for the first time ever . . . the equally bizarre, equally outrageous Florida Woman! Go to Google and type in your birth date and the words "Florida Man." Weird, right? Well, you haven't seen anything yet! That's just one day in the life of a Florida Man. Originally a beloved Internet game made possible by Florida's Sunshine Laws, "Florida Man" has now become a phrase unto itself, a shorthand expression used online to capture the antics of Florida's residents, who somehow seem to find themselves in bizarre situations regularly. Now, Florida Man is here to collect the 366 greatest, most unusual adventures of both Florida Man and Florida Woman, sorted day-by-day from January 1 through December 31st. (Plus, special leap-year headlines for those readers who just can't get enough mayhem during the regular year!) Florida Man features headlines such as: "Florida Man Throws Alligator Into Wendy’s Drive-Thru Window" “Florida Man Shoots Self, Realizes it Three Days Later” "How Trump Became a Florida Man" plus, corresponding Florida Woman headlines like "Florida woman attacked by ‘aggressive’ otter says 'severe bites' left her temporarily unable to walk” This collection of classic Florida weirdness will astound and amuse even the most jaded, world-weary reader. Just don't go trying any of Florida Man's—or Florida Woman's—ideas for yourself!
Download or read book The South Florida Book of the Dead written by Robert Merkin and published by William Morrow & Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dissatisfied with his life, Becker leads a group of misfit friends in an absurd illegal drug smuggling operation
Download or read book Florida Roadkill written by Tim Dorsey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money. On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!
Download or read book Florida written by Christine Schutt and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-13 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting - and haunted -first novel by the celebrated author of Nightwork.
