Voodoo Vortex: A Badass Hippie Tales (Book 3 of Badass Hippie Tales)

By Leslie Smith Dow

Combine sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and throw in a little S & M. Mix with a healthy shot of death--and bingo! Things can get out of hand before you can say "qualudes." 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.... Badass Hippie Tales are a kind of rock ’n’ roll homage to the bawdy humour of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, an antidote to the smarmy feel-goodness of The Vinyl Cafe, and a one-fingered homage to gonzo journalism’s once-glorious past. Brace yourselves, we’re going on a politically incorrect Magic Carpet Ride through the Voodoo Vortex, complete with forbidden sex in an ashram, lethal doses of chemical pick-me-ups, accompanied by an unforgettable 60s and 70s soundtrack.

Here's a peek into the Voodoo Vortex:

"The Badassers were being remarkably well-behaved considering their usual comportment, treating the viewing in the back of Frampy’s van with all the solemnity of a full-blown funeral. That is to say, the raucous band of octogenarians was drinking heavily, blasting tunes out of the van’s enormous speakers, and looking like they were settling in for a long night of partying. Though they called it “waking the dead.” Mort and his sons were scampering back and forth from the funeral parlour to the parking lot with more liquor and had already set up an improvised bar on one of Mort’s notorious “previously loved” coffins. He kept a whole set of them for just these sorts of occasions.

I did not want to be around when the coffin love started. That’s when things always got out of hand....."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leslie Smith Dow
• Release date: Feb 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370870998

Leslie Smith Dow

As a rock 'n' roll journalist for several years, I interviewed and reviewed acts like Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, BB King, James Cotton, Supertramp, Axl Rose, Tragically Hip, Ria Mae, and many more. Somehow, the weirdness of writing concert reviews at 3 a.m. in an empty newsroom just never left me. That experience, combined with growing up in a very insular but sinful small town, and the strange events that occur during frequent travelling has left me permanently warped. My only outlet is the Badass Bingo gang, who figure prominently in the Badass Hippie Tales series. They have really got a hold on me! Check out Ricki Wilson's Indie Spotlight: http://rickiwilson.com/4/post/2017/03/indie-spotlight-on-badass-hippie-tales-by-leslie-smith-dow-lesliesmithdow.html I am the author of several print and e-books including the award-winning historical biographies Adele Hugo: La Miserable and Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond the King and I. Adele Hugo: La Miserable has recently been re-released as an e-book, with a new Afterword detailing the fascinating mystery of a painting which could link Adele and the founder of French Impressionist painting, Edouard Monet. Read Elissa Barnard's review of the re-issued e-edition of Adele Hugo in www.localxpress.ca at https://www.localxpress.ca/local-arts-and-life/adele-hugo-still-haunts-author-443323. See details of the new Afterword, featuring the mystery of Adele and French painter Edouard Manet at https://gooselane.com/collections/e-books/products/adele-hugo. I am also a beekeeper, farmer and owner of Red House Honey, which produces all-natural raw, kosher honey on the shores of the St. Lawrence River. AWARDS/JURIES: I received the Canadian Authors' Association Air Canada Award for Most Promising Canadian Author under 30 and the Dartmouth Writers’ Award for Non-Fiction. I was a finalist for the Ontario Trillium Award, the Ottawa Citizen and Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton writing awards. I have received grants for my writing from the Canada Council, the City of Ottawa and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton and I have been part of selection juries for writing grants and the on-line poetry magazine, ByWords.

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Voodoo Vortex: A BADASS HIPPIE TALE

BADASS HIPPIE TALES Book 3

by Leslie Smith Dow

© Leslie Smith Dow, 2017

Badass Hippie Tales

Combine sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and throw in a little S & M. Mix with a healthy shot of death--and bingo! Things can get out of hand before you can say qualudes.  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 Badass Hippie Tales series is a kind of rock ’n’ roll homage to the bawdy humour of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, an antidote to the smarmy feel-goodness of The Vinyl Cafe, and a 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 ashram, lethal doses of chemical pick-me-ups, accompanied by an unforgettable 60s and 70s soundtrack.

In The Grateful Dead:  A Badass Hippie Tale, Book 1, 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!