Florida Man

A Pulp Weird Fiction Novel

Drugs. Delusions. Or the biggest mystery in Florida since the will-o’-the-wisp?

Meet Barry Babcock: swamp-dwelling, self-medicated, unemployed—and now infamous. After a death-defying stunt lands him in a psychiatric ward, Barry swears the real reason he’s locked up isn’t booze or bad decisions. It’s the frog people.

According to Barry, deep in central Florida’s swamps lives a secret race of amphibious cryptids—ancient, bizarre, and very real. His story spirals from alligator dodging and backwoods chaos into conspiracy, cryptids, and the kind of madness only Florida could cook up.

Is Barry just another drugged-out lunatic? A misunderstood prophet? Or has he really uncovered one of the state’s darkest, strangest secrets?

Florida Man is a riotous blend of satire, weird horror, and mind-melting absurdity—a fever dream of cryptids, conspiracies, and the eternal question: is Florida naturally this weird, or is something else pulling the strings?

Welcome to Florida. You won’t believe what we've got in store for you.

Weird Florida story

I was expecting a weird Florida story, but this was weirder than I anticipated. The story was worth my time but the AI Narration was like nails on a chalkboard!

Genre defying. Good story

Lighter tone for much of the story than what I generally expect from work labeled weird fiction. Though I have to admit I don’t know of a better category. The pacing and characters are well executed. Virtual Voice is occasionally distracting