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Only in Miami Stories from The Miami Creation Myth
Florida Rising Chapter 32 Part 1
Cynthia twisted around and fell to her stomach, grasping desperately at rocks and roots as her body slipped into the chasm.
Florida Rising Chapter 31
“I do indeed,” said Daniel. “Y’all had plenty of your own tribal traditions in Europe, but Christianity carpet bombed that straight to hell 2,000 years ago."
Florida Rising Chapter 30
Cynthia’s eyes narrowed. She opened a box of Plan B, removed the pill, and swallowed it, all without breaking eye contact with the cashier.
Florida Rising Chapter 29
Rhonda Santos sat cross-legged (Indian style, if it weren’t for the goddamned PC police) on a king-sized mattress in the Palm Beach Four Seasons’ presidential suite.
Florida Rising Chapter 28
“Your fetish isn’t dumbification…” Cynthia's voice grew louder, more firm. She looked him dead in the eye. “Your real kink is mansplaining.”
Florida Rising Chapter 27
The back of her head hit the concrete hard, obscuring her vision with a flurry of dark spots, but she didn’t mind. She deserved far worse.
Florida Rising Chapter 26
Monica’s alarm woke her the same way she always transitioned into consciousness: violently, with a flurry of arms, legs, and sheets all fueled by panic.
Florida Rising Chapter 25
Florida Governor Rhonda Santos was 30,000 feet above Central Florida on a private jet, her hands gripping her head in disbelief.
Florida Rising Chapter 25
“ANTIFA!” yelled the Guardsman before emptying an entire magazine into the menacing shadow.
Florida Rising Chapter 23
Just one of Carlos’ two guest rooms was larger than Cynthia’s entire apartment. The bathroom was larger than her bedroom.
Florida Rising Chapter 22
Carlos shook his head. This was far too much for a Saturday afternoon. It was about to get far worse.
Florida Rising Chapter 21
"The train is about to approach a turn," said bluebunny. "That’s when you’re going to jump out.”
Florida Rising Chapter 20
Instead of public bullet trains, Floridians purchases outrageously expensive tickets to travel the country’s killing-est locomotive from South to Central Florida.
Florida Rising Chapter 19
Looking around the stage, Cynthia was certain she was the only one who hadn’t had any work done.
Florida Rising Chapter 18
Shrieking tires echoed up and down the hall while a corner DJ booth pumped Danish electro-funk into the cavernous space.
Florida Rising Chapter 17
Good morning, partisan populists, patriarchs, and pussy pounders, and welcome to the Panhandle Patriot Podcast!
Florida Rising Chapter 16
Cynthia awoke to 238 missed emails, 186 missed calls, and 502 missed text messages.
Florida Rising Chapter 15
Governor Santos had lined up the entire, eight-man Thing squad shoulder to shoulder against the back wall of her office.
Florida Rising Chapter 14
Monica Castellanos lived in a van parked in an Atlanta campground.
Florida Rising Chapter 13
Cynthia spent 20 minutes convincing a pair of police officers that, no, she wasn’t the victim of an attempted murder.
Florida Rising Chapter 12
400 miles back south, a woman in a Midtown Miami apartment gave a celebratory yell so loud that three different neighbors called the cops.
Florida Rising Chapter 11
The following morning, Cynthia found a new folder on her desktop.
Florida Rising Chapter 10
A woman shifted on the crinkly paper pulled across the examination couch, a perturbed look on her face, staring at the “Beware of Eye Syphilis” poster.
Florida Rising Chapter 9
Carlos sidestepped to the left, so Cynthia sidestepped to the left. He shifted back to the right and she mirrored his move. She gave him a nervous smile.
Florida Rising Chapter 8
By the time Carlos powerwalked offstage, head down, ramrod in his pants swaying left and right with each step, the crowd was in a near-mutinous clamor.
Florida Rising Chapter 7
By the time Carlos powerwalked offstage, head down, ramrod in his pants swaying left and right with each step, the crowd was in a near-mutinous clamor.
Florida Rising Chapter 6
Daniel Cypress was having a rough morning.
Florida Rising Chapter 5
Florida Governor Rhonda Santos sat in her mahogany paneled office behind a monolithic block of wood consciously modeled off the presidential Resolute Desk.
Florida Rising Chapter 4
Florida Governor Rhonda Santos sat in her mahogany paneled office behind a monolithic block of wood consciously modeled off the presidential Resolute Desk.
Florida Rising Chapter 3
The ground cantankerously growled, then it groused, then it grumbled, and then, after several hours of geologic griping, it finally shook for 30 seconds.
Scientists Crack the Miami Exaggeration Scale
A multidisciplinary team of linguists, sociologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists announced they finally deciphered Miamians’ pathological penchant for hyperbole.
How Would My Cuban Family Fare if They Arrived in Trump’s America?
Lately, I’ve been immersed in a thought experiment. What if the Cuban Revolution played out during Trump’s tenure in office? How would my family be treated?
A Love Letter to Miami
You implicitly understand my bilingual upbringing and cultural idiosyncrasies. Other cities looked askance at my enthusiastic gesticulation and multilingual expletive-laden interjections.
Where Do White Latinos Belong in America?
I like to joke that I’m a Daywalker. For those who missed Wesley Snipes’ Oscar-worthy work in Blade, the term applies to vampires who can saunter about in sunlight without immediate incineration. The moniker fits because, as a White Latino, I move seamlessly through two worlds without negative repercussions.
A Real Miami Ghost Story
Alec stared awhile into the abyss when he was struck by the creeping realization that something stared back.
The Plantain Wins a Pulitzer
The Miami Creation Myth today awarded The Plantain a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for its article titled “Can We Talk About the Trash that Is The Miami Herald’s Katherine Fernandez Rundle Endorsement?”
Miami Woman is Two Hours Late to Her Own Funeral
Castillo’s remains were dutifully poured into an urn (cremation was provided gratis by the manner of her death), the funeral arraignments made, and her friends and family informed of its location, date, and time. Tellingly, her chronographic habits affected her loved ones even after shedding her mortal coil.
Miami Opens Its First Adult Gringo Adoption Office
he City of Miami sought to formalize the previously haphazard method of incorporating outsiders into Latino culture by opening the world’s first Gringo Adoption Agency (GAA).
I Read this Headline, Am Confused, but Open It Anyway
I wonder what the article’s about. This is rather odd. Why is it written in first person? Is there anything of substance here? Is the writer messing with me? Am I in on the joke or the subject?








