Fearsome Creatures of Florida by John Henry Fleming

Fearsome Creatures of Florida by John Henry Fleming

Saturday, Oct 29, 2022 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location:
Chamblin's Uptown
215 N Laurs St.

What: A spooky book signing for Fearsome Creatures of Florida by John Henry Fleming

When: Saturday 10/29 from 12-3pm

Where: Chamblin's Uptown 

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Synopsis

They’re known as Storm Devils and Peat Fairies, Skunk Apes and Were-Panthers. They sinuate through ficus hedges and tunnel under beach towels. They lurk in the mangroves and springs. Some you can smell a mile away. Others you don’t notice until they grab at your ankles. They’re the wildly imaginative bestiary that populates John Henry Fleming’s Fearsome Creatures of Florida. Fleming offers an eerie portrayal of the parallel lives of modern-day Floridians and the living landscape that surrounds them. Matched with haunting illustrations by David Hazouri, these tales may forever change your view of the Sunshine State. Voted one of Top Ten Cryptozoology Books of 2009.

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About the Author:

John Henry Fleming (PhD, University of Louisiana-Lafayette) is the author of four books of fiction. Fleming’s short stories have appeared in McSweeney’s, The North American Review, Mississippi ReviewFourteen HillsCarve, and many others, as well as the anthologies 100% Pure Florida Fiction and The Future Dictionary of America.In addition to his PhD in Creative Writing from The University of Louisiana-Lafayette, he holds an MA in Creative Writing from The University of Southern Mississippi and a BA in Psychology from The University of Virginia. At USF, he teaches graduate and undergraduate fiction writing, an honors seminar in the Literature of Horror, special topics courses in Novel Writing and Song Lyrics Writing, and the graduate Literary, Editing, and Publishing course. He also directs graduate theses and is advisory editor of Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art. Outside USF, he’s an obsessive disc golf player, iced mocha drinker, and e-bike flâneur.

Source: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/english/people/bios/fleming-john.aspx