Shadows and Storylines 7: Panama City Beach the Way I Remember It

The world of Perfidious Tides wasn’t born in a writing room . It came from the backroads and beaches of the real Florida Panhandle.Before condos and crowds, before Pier Park, before the coastline changed forever… there was the old pier, the long stretch of pines, the tiny towns, and that unmistakable emerald water.In this episode, I take you into the places that shaped me, and in turn shaped the entire Fractured Horizons series.If you grew up going to Panama City Beach, Florida Highway 79, Vernon, Esto, Bonifay, or Holmes Creek… this one’s going to hit home.🌊 What you’ll hear about:• The REAL Northwest Florida of the early ’80s• The backroads from Slocomb, Graceville, New Hope & beyond• The old wooden piers of Panama City Beach• Mom-and-pop motels of Laguna Beach, Long Beach & The Strip• Why Highway 79 always felt different• How my childhood memories directly shaped Perfidious Tides• The lost Florida that inspired the opening scene of the book• The sunset version of Panama City we’ll never see againIf you love Southern noir, small-town stories, Florida history, or just grew up in the Wiregrass/Panhandle region, welcome home.