The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and...Ned

Bubbas of the Apocalypse #2

by Selina Rosen (Editor and Contributor), Ajax (Contributor), Bill D. Allen (Contributor)

It's the End of the World... Again

That's right grab yer BBQ sauce, hunker down, and enjoy the latest in the Bubbas of the Apocalypse universe.
Let's face it, when good ole boys and gals are left to their own vices... er I mean devices to fight the Yumbie horde in the time after the great Yuppie 25 Plague, certain niceties, rules of conduct, and laws are going to be tossed aside. Folks will bathe and brush their teeth when and if they feel like it. No one's going to care if someone's sleeping with their cousin, and your stupid friend Ned is going to own the keys to the world.

Included:

The Psycho Pigs Meet the Yumbie Bitch from Hell by Bill D. Allen

The Ultimate Weapon by M.H. Bonham

Savin’ Ned by Robert D. Brown

Lefric Lights a Fart by James K. Burk

Bubba and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Fart by James S. Dorr

Bringing Home the Sauce by Linda J. Dunn

A Rose by Any Other Name by Melanie Fletcher

Bubba-Rap by Bennie Grezlik

Yuppie Zombie Baby Farts by Matt Howl

Bubba in a Blue Dress by Gary Jonas

Mr. Ted and Dr. Ted by Andrew Zimmerman Jones

Gas by John M. Lance

83 Best Monkeys by Lee W. Lindsay, Jr.

Widder Liggett and the Breath o’ God by Lee Martindale

Attack of the Godless Undead Zombies by Tracy S. Morris

The Bubbas of Troy County by Gloria Oliver

Home Baked Air Biscuits by Garrett Peck

Hal’s Crossroads by Robert Pickering

A Crazy Tasty Love Story by Mark Shepherd

Raven’s Back in Town by Bradley H. Sinor

Sweet Meat by Glenn R. Sixbury

The Siege and Investiture of the Athens BilMart by Mark W. Tiedemann

The Boys from Brownsville by Jeff Turner

Why a Good Man Nowadays Is Hard to Find by Laura J. Underwood

1001 Alabama Nights by Billy Vincent

Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and...Ned by Selena A. Rosen

Ned and the Cookie Girls by Julia Blackshear Kosatka

Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and Ned by Ajax

300 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2003

About the author

Selina Rosen’s short fiction has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Sword & Sorceress, Witch Way To The Mall, Turn The Other Chick, the two newest Thieves’ World anthologies, Aoife’s Kiss, and Here Be Dragons.

Her novels include How I Spent The Apocalypse, Black Rage, Queen Of Denial, Strange Robby, and Jabone’s Sword.

Her mystery novels, Bad Lands, and Bad City, the first two Holmes and Storm Mysteries, were co-written with Laura J. Underwood.

One of Selina’s recent projects was a novelization of the first Duncan and Mallory graphic novel that was co-written by Robert Asprin and Mel. White, tentatively entitled Duncan and Mallory I.

Selina was honored by Deep South Con/FenCon in Dallas this past September where she was awarded the Phoenix Award.

Check out her website for her continuing series, The House. It’s posted in episodes—approximately two per month.

In her capacity as editor-in-chief of Yard Dog Press, Ms. Rosen has edited several anthologies, including the five award-winning Bubbas Of The Apocalypse anthologies and two collections of “modern” fairy tales including the Stoker-nominated Stories That Won’t Make Your Parents Hurl.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the stories were really quite good, but others were (how shall I phrase this?) not. I got the book many years ago, and never got around to reading it until five years after the actual pandemic. That did, I'll admit, take almost all of the fun out of the concept. Had I read it sooner, the absurdist humor might not have fallen so flat. As I said, some parts were very well written and showed up like pearls in the swine pen. Not an overall pleasant experience, but it was worth a gamble.

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars but it is pretty damn funny in parts. By far my favorite stories have been "Mrs. Liggett and the Breath O' God, " & "Yuppie Zombie Baby Farts." Good reading if you've ever had a job in customer service, ;-).
Update:
More like a 2.5-3 stars...I'm not sure if I like it as much. A few stories later and I wanna rap this up. :-/