Karen Russell's supernatural storyverse  In 'Vampires in the
Lemon Grove,' the 'Swamplandia!' author delivers a story
collection that evokes strangeness and disconnection.  February
15, 2013|By August Brown, Los Angeles Times   • Author Karen
Russell and the cover of her book, 'Vampires in the Lemon
Grove'. Author Karen Russell and the cover of her book,
'Vampires in the Lemon… (David M. Warren / Philadelphia…)
Here's a small and not-remotely-comprehensive list of weird
things that happened in Florida last year: A woman was arrested
for riding a manatee; a giant blue eyeball washed up on a beach;
a mom and daughter started a tandem porn-star team; and a guy
died after winning (or perhaps losing) a roach-eating contest in
an attempt to win a pet python from a reptile store.  When
that's a typical Floridian news cycle, who needs fantasy?
That's the trouble with Karen Russell's new story collection,
"Vampires in the Lemon Grove," her first book since the
reputation-sealing novel "Swamplandia!," set in the road