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Monday, July 21, 2025

Status of Collapse ‘FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS MURDER’ One Year After

 


American Artist Author Kris Courtney

Available for Immediate Release:  Florida




Reference:

FTC Matter/File Number 1910129 1910130

Civil Action Number 2:23-cv-01495


To whom it may concern;

This letter is being sent Cc: to all parties mentioned for reference and condition of the criminal/civil violation of Federal Law Antitrust & Fair Trade against my publishing, promotional and artistry efforts surrounding the International Best-Selling Novel ‘FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS MURDER’ that occurred on June 18, 2024 and continues to be actively assaulted & harmed by illicit actions mentioned below.


Per the previous and ongoing update information, I wish to address AMAZON / GOOGLE / META Administration, Executive Management, Regional and Technical Staff responsible for the Administration, Execution and Direct involvement of both AI(Artificial Intelligence) and SOP(Standard Operating Procedure) illicit actions taken against my brand in both economic and illegal political censorship, professional harm, theft of resources leading to personal bankruptcy and that of a purposeful administrative policy exploit towards an elder gentleman artist and author of 65 years of age.


I am absolutely convinced that this letter will be shuffled now, through a politically motivated and corrupt organization that fails to place human assessment and worships administrative and technological actions of a facility or business model designed for accumulation of money and power! Yet in the anticipation that there is a singular who distinguishes between maltreatment and integrity, I submit this evidence of catastrophic economic and personal impact your undeviating actions have caused myself as I am attempting to supplement a retired Social Security life of limitation, hope and dreams. It is with sincere prayer that an open mind, gentle heart, clean soul exists on the other end of this letter. I have doubt…


For Clarity Purpose Only – I am a man who was born with multiple amputations, birth defects and deformities that required my life to become that example of a ‘St Jude’ referenced child in 1959. With over 20+ surgeries by age of ten, I was able to walk. Albeit I never wore a regular shoe till age 12 and the ongoing discriminative error of those who cannot see past my limping gait or that of my deformed hands and amputations, age related defects in mobility and now severe poverty, life is about Ability! The ultimate ability to overcome obstacles visible and manageable to view and toil around or develop a method of wellbeing to adapt is all that I am able to focus upon in my retired age now and always!


However, when the force of a malicious or negative motive is attacking from the perspective of Greed, Envy or the actual ‘Love of Money’, then the battle is no-longer a human experience capable of fair and equal opportunity. It then becomes that of an obstinate soul sickness and takes on an identity of that which is beyond spiritual or common decency. It becomes a hateful and a decisive action taken with either direct or indirect consequences! And the real test of mortality to that is whether an individual is capable of a rigorous righteousness to act accordingly and carry a Moral Responsibility !?


These are the questions and terms I ask myself when loving, caring, respecting or acting towards another person or effort and check my motives on what the penalty is to follow? It is a characteristic of Fairness and Altruistic life that yields a full heart and clean soul!


With all this being said, it was without precedence when the collapse of 2020 occurred from a SCAMDEMIC of both political greed and global assault that has since been and continues to become exposed on the world stage. With power comes error in judgement, gluttony, ignorance and failure! I understand this because I too once felt power of self-indulgence. Thank God I had a collapse of spirit when I was younger than later. I pray who may still be reading this letter and in full realm of your own power struggle that your event in life comes sooner rather than later… You’ll understand when it happens, we all have them! Some of us survive to build again. And in 2019 after 20 years of success as an International Artist and then an Award-Winning Screenplay and Film Development, that portion of my life was stolen away by cowards and thugs who wear suits too


After a year of depression, I left Florida to return to the cold of Indiana which was a home of origin. I resigned, life was full circle so I thought and it was time to surrender. As a creative individual that sedentary isolation was not an obtainable option for me but more so, the cold weather was placing my legs and feet at risk of finally being taken off, thus the decline of my physical hope to be a free man… It was in 2022 that I crafted and wrote this Novel from laughter, humor and jovial roots of my life long travels in the free state of Florida. 


With ARC reviews clearly identifying the strength of this publication, I decided that it would best serve to once again, pull myself up to return to Florida and promote, live and revive my life! After over 300 submissions to NYC Agencies, Agents and Publishers with ridiculous greedy offers, I made a choice to publish this new book under a ‘Micro-Publisher’ umbrella – KCProduction. Primed to do so, I sold off my home in Indiana and used almost 30,000 of my own money for promotional material, Author Engagements and Appearances, Solicitation, Travel and Release of Content.


In April of 2023 GOOGLE announced through an AI listing that this was the “Breakout Fiction for Cozy Mystery Readers Everywhere”. 


The accolades began to appear in rapid succession with Award nominations and the December 2023 recognition for the Award-Winning Audiobook as ‘Best Cozy Mystery Team’ of 2023! The chart and sales began to surface in both domestic and global. United Kingdom, Canada and Australia leading the path, in the Spring of 2024 the corruption of the Amazon Ranking System, Collusion and Monopolizing efforts that violated Fair Trade Law began to appear in blatant means. The GOOGLE Post previously mentioned was removed, the daily ranking in ‘Search would often times be drastically reduced and the website SEO records started to become pushed back into secondary and third page results. These actions are now still becoming more and more visible that a person, agency and administrative act were directly targeting my publishing and success. Somewhere, someone was actually making a choice to attack a disable senior gentleman who built a better ‘Mousetrap of a book! And clearly, these keyboard cowards are not fooling anyone!


Some of this following information may be repetitive and my hope is that there is a place of courage, strength and core value for the individual reading this to continue!?


In April of 2024 ‘Hatebomb’ book reviews began to appear in rapid succession on the manipulated and corrupt website ‘Goodreads’. This website was once used in good faith, honest to a point and a welcomed resource. Clearly that administrative policy has changed and the multiple documented cases prove that AMAZON has become a manipulative and dishonest mechanism and distanced from the original Mission Statement that originated in a garage once by a self-funded effort… The attacks became so severe that once a Five Star Book Review would appear (2-4 a week at this stage with only a few honest fan reviews below 4) that the higher the book climbed the charts, the more aggressive the attacks. One such fake review still exists on the Amazon listing that used an Algorithm means to place key wording into the listing to lower the ranking and ratings. At the time of that attack, the book was cresting into 4.7 out of a 5.0 rating and inside the TOP 100 on almost all category related lists.


On June 18, 2024 in the afternoon, the book was aggressively selling and royalties appeared to become accelerated to push past the $500 monthly range(@ .80cents royalty sale avg.) for the first time since release aimed towards and ranked on most TOP Seller Lists'. It was the “hump” that I was praying for and the Fans were all excited and shouting from the roof tops of the success online, social media and beyond. It was then that CAA(Creative Arts Agency) solicited and requested to open a conversation for the TV & Film Rights indicating the 'principle' had the information and would be in touch!! Albeit now knowing that the Social Media platforms too were politically corrupt and in alignment with the next event to take place and harm my life directly!


At midnight that night, after multiple emails fighting to get AMAZON to remove the False/Fake/Corrupt HATEBOMB reviews, the Paperback(ASIN: B0BRDPJXPM) version of the Amazon listing was Banned and Removed in the United States – ONLY!! In addition, over 30+ VERIFIED 5Star Reviews removed. The book had crest that night from the huge bump in sales(ALL CHART RECORDS & Digital Footprint Data Available) from a 4.7/5 and was Ranked 8th in Canada and 21st on Planet Earth in the Genre. The product was completely Censored in the US, Total Product Collapse, Loss of Income Immediately Imposed – STOLEN !!


The next morning, GOOGLE sends a message “Your Website has received Higher than ‘PREDICTED’ Traffic and we have limited access”…  META follows up in a few days “We have stopped recommending your Page”…


Perspective – I am a gentleman who was surviving on about $300 a month disposable (on a good month) in 2023/24. I put EVERYTHING I had into this – I Put Everything I had the ABILITY to do into my Talent & Self, God Given Talent & Belief of Good! The Royalties were a supplement that began to allow my lifework to survive above the level of deep poverty and WHEN the time comes that my legs are amputated the rest of the way off; I would have resources to live with the dignity of knowing I made a living for myself and the legacy for my Grandchildren! Instead, I lost everything and forced to file Re-org Bankruptcy on 50k and lost it all… I lost my livelihood as a result of AI(Artificial Ignorance), an Admin Action, a Greedy Organization, Individual Mental Illness and manipulation that used a keyboard to kill another human being…


Since this illicit evil action that(responsible party involved) perhaps You and your Boss, your coworker or the foolish actions of a politically motivated individual took, I have been unable to recover. The CAA (Creative Arts Agency) request for the Film/TV rights has gone silent. The ranking continues to be manipulated and throttle down to 4.2 (Magically anything at 4.5 elevates the Listing – But you already knew that) as shown in the example on February 12, 2025 when a 5 star review was finally visible and within 1 hour – a FAKE ACCOUNT, False HATEBOMB review took the value of a 5star to null.  What a Cowardly action and predictable… Whoever the undisciplined and distorted individual was that executed that evil action was, they are not very accountable to the values of integrity or honesty – FACT !!  You are not hiding or unknown…


As this letter began, it will end with noted recognition and Cc: of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) DOJ (Department of Justice) and All Federal Contacts and Recording Accounts that have been monitoring, collecting and oversight of the illegal harm that was taken against my life! All of this is directly related to my Political Faith both online and in print! My Artistry and the Painting ACT is as clear as possible – GOD BLESS AMERICA !!


Summary, I believed in myself and my ability as an author. You took that away! I made a life altering change to protect myself in my final years of life! You took that away! I am severely harmed, bankrupt and attempting to survive now with close to no disposable income available. I eat rice and crackers with cheese often… You may have laughed at that and if so, may God have Mercy on your Soul!! Your Agency is a Liar, a Thief and Coward who attacked a gentleman author who wrote ONE BOOK! A cozy snowbird comedy publication that gives laughter, joy and fun to the audience that was better than the competition and was out pacing the entire genre. In a world full of opportunity, it almost resembles the idea of since you can't compete in your own lane, cheat...  'Sound familiar 


This letter is a preset to future reference for factual content, historical documentation and accountability of individual(s), corporation, profit & otherwise organizational entities to be held responsible for harm, conditional, direct and indirect neglect, tort, liability and damages related. Projected value of monetary harm imposed continues to be calculated by duration of acts of Antitrust, Illegal Fair Trade and Criminal or Civil injury based upon economic damages.


Financial 'Projected/Forecast' Damage/Impact Current & Est:

Cost of Goods Sold:        50,000

2024 Predicted Sales:        25,000

2025 Estimated Sales:        100,000

2025 FILM/TV Option:        500,000

Post Production Est:        10,500,000

Emotional/Stress Harm:        5,000,000

Total Harm Imposed Estimate:    16,175,000




Sincerely,


Kris Courtney


FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS MURDER

www.cozycomedymystery.com


PS: Karma is Real (But you already knew that too…)


Cc:  FTC, DOJ, FBI, United States Administration, Esq.



Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Central Florida's most colorfully quirky community

 

Florida Retirement Is Murder

An Award-Winning Cozy Comedy Mystery by Kris Courtney



Dive into the whimsical world of Florida Retirement Is Murder, where retirement isn't just about rest and relaxation but an unexpected adventure into the heart of Central Florida's most colorfully quirky community. 

Follow Stewart Johnson, a recently widowed retiree, as he navigates the hilarious antics of his fellow snowbirds in a gated retirement community filled with mystery and laughter. Mischievous Community of Snowbirds who refuse to act like grown-ups...The mystery is particularly well designed and developed with many twists and turns. Florida Retirement is Murder celebrates the joy of retirement with characters that will have you pausing your read to finish laughing, and tells an engaging mystery adventure whilst doing it. It is a book that is highly recommended to all readers.




Friday, February 7, 2025

Ask for it by Name at your Public Library

 

FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS MURDER

Ask for it by Name at your Local Public Library


Known for the Character Development, Hilarious Antics of Overgrown Dysfunctional Children, these silver-hair seniors are on an amateur sleuth adventure to find the killer among them in a Florida Snowbird Gated Retirement Community. Dive into the delightful world of a Cozy Florida Snowbird Comedy Mystery that captivates readers with its engaging characters and witty plot.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Award Winning Cozy Mystery set in Florida

 Time to Curl Up with a #GoodBook



'Florida Retirement Is Murder'

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Saturday, February 4, 2023

Sleuth Adventure of Mischievous Characters

 Florida Retirement Is Murder


"Stewart finds himself among an All-Star Cast of Characters and Decidedly Un-Serious People on an Engaging Sleuth Adventure.  This Cozy Murder Mystery will have you Laughing Out-Loud!"


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Monday, January 30, 2023

Group of Decidedly Un-Serious People

 Florida Retirement Is Murder

"This group of decidedly un-serious people must do what they can to get to the bottom of the mystery."



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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Fun and Mystery at a Florida Retirement Community

Florida Retirement Is Murder

5Star Amazon.com #BookReview


"very fun read... a fun adventure check it out!"


Read the Entire Review Online at #Amazon BOOK REVIEW









Wednesday, January 11, 2023

New AUDIOBOOK Release on Audible

NEW AUDIOBOOK 

It is with Great Admiration I introduce to you the #VoiceActor of Florida Retirement Is Murder 

Mari Oyaizu Carson (Narrator) 


As stated by the Artist: 
"Mari Oyaizu Carson is a theatrical designer and voice artist living in Northern California. She likes knitting and cats. She hates writing bios."

Her voice, flexible language and vocal control makes this #Audiobook on track to be 'The Best Satire Audio Novel of 2023'



GET YOUR COPY TODAY !!

Available on iTunes & Amazon Audible via ACX Distribution - US,UK,FR,DE

Exclusive LINK:  https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BS29VS7K/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-336300&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_336300_rh_us









Monday, October 31, 2022

FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS MURDER

 


FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS MURDER

Snowbirds do more than just Flock


“Stewart Johnson had worked hard his entire life to reach retirement. However, his Golden Years would prove to be more of a challenge than he anticipated after his wife passed away. Seeking to find peace of mind and warmth in Florida, Stewart became surrounded by a tribe of Snowbird residents who took him on a journey of laughter and sleuthing inside a gossip riddled community filled with the humorous dysfunction of overgrown children.”

The setting is in Central Florida and the dramatic genre of "Fictional Satire Mystery Novel" appeals to both young and old. With the more-alike-than-different family ancestry, we all share some of the very same quirks and ability to laugh at ourselves. It is that level of vulnerable exposure inside the mind of senior citizens that we can all relate to with humor. This book will cause the reader to laugh out-loud and relate back to their own memories or current life history, not to mention an entertaining ‘Book Club’ experience. This colorful story will fit perfectly on every shelf and screen.

Oh, Wake Up, Earl!™


 Stay Tuned, Pre-Order & Giveaways Coming Soon!



Sunday, October 16, 2022

Highlights of a Book Proposal

 Manuscript Submission Proposal


Thank you for requesting the full manuscript of “TITLE” and your interest in my proposal. You will find that information included as per your instructions.


 Submissions to an Agent are challenging to say the least. And learning to hear the word NO' is a life lesson all to its own. But when a YES' arrives for a Full Manuscript, Glory Days are here!  

Well sort of...

Sending a good message that clearly defines who you are and what you are hoping to obtain in a representative is a case of self awareness and confidence.  All of which are life skills required to be an Artist or Author. And none of which came easy for this writer. Below is the example template that was used for solicitation of this new release.  Albeit modified and personalized for each submission, it outlines my sincere hope for a successful launch and publication.  Kind of like going fishin...

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I view the ‘target audience’ on this publication to be both young and old. With the more-alike-than-different family ancestry, we all share some of the very same quirks and ability to laugh at ourselves. It is that level of vulnerable exposure inside the mind of senior citizens that we can all relate to with humor. This book will cause the reader to laugh out-loud and relate back to their own memories or current life history, not to mention an entertaining ‘Book Club’ experience. This colorful story will fit perfectly on every shelf and screen.

I see the ‘marketing’ for this literature to be both in paper and film. This is a strong concept for an ongoing series in both areas of entertainment. The storyline offers unanswered questions and thirst for more of the story to be told. Included in the events there is a powerful catch phrase which I have already trademarked, “Wake Up, Earl!”  Combined with a merchandise promotion for reader engagement, the licensing potential becomes an open field for avenues of revenue and brand name recognition. It is my sincere desire and vision to see this project reach both ‘Best Seller’ platform and media production in these channels. I am convinced, with the strength of a highly motivated and qualified production team, this product can reach high-end yields of return.

Finally, I wish to say thank you!  Thank you for taking time to read my artistry and creative work. I am an Artist and although I have accomplished other rewards in my younger life as an Engineer, it has been in the last 25 years that my passion has been to allow my God given talent to become exposed. It is my sincere desire to be aligned with a team of professional talent that can guide this product into mainstream publication. I have traveled extensively as a single gentleman and would be anxious to participate in publicity efforts across the globe or in the local neighborhood book store and coffee shop.

Enjoy the reading, I look forward to hearing back soon!


Kris Courtney

American Artist Kris Courtney

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Now we wait....



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