The Badass Hippie Tales Collection: A shockingly tawdry 4-volume set featuring Cheesus Murphy & the Grateful Bread

By Leslie Smith Dow

About Badass Hippie Tales: Bridget is a harried caregiver who, up until now, has lived peacefully in her quiet hippie mountain town. When a coffin is delivered to her front door just a little too early, it unleashes an unbelievable chain of events that results in tragedy. Well, that's not what everyone thinks. The Grateful Dead combines sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and even a little good ole' S & M. Mix with a healthy shot of death and destruction--and bingo! Before you can say "qualudes," things have gotten seriously out of hand.Badass Hippie Tales are a kind of rock 'n' roll homage to the bawdy humour of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Trailer Park Boys, an antidote to the smarmy feel-goodness of The Vinyl Cafe, and a one-fingered reminder to Rolling Stone magazine of gonzo journalism's once-glorious past. Brace yourselves: we're going on a politically incorrect Magic Carpet Ride, complete with forbidden sex in an airplane which is suspended inside a Beatles-friendly ashram, a local undertaker who suffers from a terminally tasteless sense of humour, and rioting senior citizens yearning to recreate the Summer of Love. It's a world where bingo dabbers are wielded with all the ferocity of a ball-point pen stabbing. There's a lot of peace and love, too--though this mostly takes place under the murky waters of the local hot spring. To top it all off, residents are worried the nearby Energy Vortex seems to have gone a little wonky lately--which could be seriously damaging the unique vibrations of the universe.Clearly, something is wonky in this town.The riotous action is accompanied by a completely unauthorized and unforgettable 60s and 70s soundtrack, which blasts incessantly from a pair of big sub-woofers strapped into the back of Frampy's pick-up truck. No one is sure where he lives...and no one can get him to shut the hell up. The Grateful Dead: Bridget is a harried caregiver who, up until now, has lived peacefully in her hippie mountain town. When a coffin is delivered to her front door just a little too early, it unleashes an unbelievable chain of events that results in tragedy. Well, that's not what everyone thinks. The Grateful Dead combines sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and throw in a little S & M. Mix with a healthy shot of death and destruction--and bingo! Before you can say "quaaludes," things have gotten seriously out of hand. Magic Carpet Ride continues the Badassers tradition of mayhem up at the Shambolic Ass-Ram, situated next to the Voodoo Vortex. The energy vortex had developed quite a following amongst the locals, all of whom came to drink in the atmosphere but basically to get wired out of their minds and have wild sex while claiming to have been seeking transcendental truths. Vortex energy intensified everything -- happiness felt happier, sadness was sadder, love turned to ecstasy. And badness became much badder. Voodoo Vortex blows the Badass hi-jinx right off the charts with sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll--and murder! The action is accompanied by a completely unauthorized and unforgettable '60s and '70s soundtrack, which blasts incessantly from a pair of big sub-woofers strapped in the back of Frampy's van. No one knows where he lives...and no one can get him to shut the hell up. Cheesus Murphy F*#kS Funkytown sees our anti-heroes fighting a new force of darkness: disco! This town is burnin' down, and it's not just due to the creative cooking methods of Cheesus Murphy and her team of Grateful Breads!Plus some predictably crazy bonus material: The Kill Keppler Club: Percy is a withdrawn, untalented vampire who hates his talented neighbour, Keppler, a wealthy advisor to the king. Felix Crumple: Happy Birthday! Born in an undisclosed South American mountain village, Felix Crumple was misnamed by an indigenous midwife and supernatural mayhem ensues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980956855
• ISBN13: 9781980956853
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"