A Flash of Green: or Who Killed Jack Kerouac

By Stephen Simac

A genre fusion travel tale that twists up Florida history with literary reviews, crime faction, conspiracy theory, fictional memoir, sustainable solutions and healthy aging into a cannabis infused spliff of magical realism.

If Florida's history were told by the man who lived through 500 years of it after immersion in the Fountain of Youth, he might claim to be Juan Ortiz, interpreter for Hernando de Soto's rampage through the land called La Florida. Or he might just be another huckster selling eternal youth to a new crop of suckers, the one sure bet in the peninsular state. Only one of the mysteries in the Fountain of Youth series, premiering with A Flash of Green. or Who Killed Jack Kerouac.

The Fountain of Youth series is the Ultimate Florida Crime Faction. This novel elevates Genre Fusion to a new level. A fast paced conspiracy thriller, it could be placed in the metastasizing categories of Florida mysteries, fictional memoirs, healthy aging, historical and literary reviews, with permaculture solutions to the climate crisis. Plus it's funny.

Stephen Simac is a native Floridian, a prize winning journalist with decades of articles and essays published in newspapers and magazines from Florida to California. His non-fiction books about Real Health Care transformation include Save Trillions with Universal Health Care., Cancer Cathedral: Prevention is the Cure, and Mandatory Vaccinations = Totalitarian Inoculations. A Flash of Green weaves his diverse interests into a true novel, to inform and entertain readers who venture into his Fountain of Youth series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F1447H7V
• ISBN13: 9798860069589
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"