Jake Bible Fiction

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Tis the season for a party! A DRABBLE PARTY!

    Once more, 100 words have sprung from my mind and onto the page. Or screen. Wherever semi-sentient, semi-autonomous words spring to. Whatevs.

    Hey, before we dive into merry making of tonight’s drabble, how about taking a look at For A Few Credits More. Great anthology and not just because I’m in it! If you dig scifi, especially military scifi, then these are the short stories for you! And for those that want more than space explosions and lots of pew pew pew, there are some amazing character-driven stories in here too (perhaps one written by yours truly). Have a look.

    Now, on with the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Stand And
    By
    Jake Bible

    “Six elves left.”

    “You sure? We leave one elf and that little bastard will rip us apart.”

    “I know my job, Prancer.”

    “Donner.”

    “What?”

    “I’m Donner.”

    “You are?”

    “Jesus, Rudolph, can’t you tell us apart?”

    “You’re just a bunch of dicks to me, man.”

    “Sure. Born with a special nose and you think you’re above everyone.”

    “Really? Are we going to do this right now? Are we? We have an elf problem here, Prancer!”

    “Donner!”

    “See previous dick comment!”

    “GRRRRRRRRRRR!”

    “ELVES! RUN!”

    “Where are you going? Prancer! Donner! Whatever your name is! Stand and fight, you wimp! STAND AND––! AAAAAAAAAA!!!”

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Happy Holidays!

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Another Friday is upon us!

    Hey, before we get into the 100 words of awesome sauce that is tonight’s drabble, how about I share a link to one sweet new release. And it’s not mine!

    Check out Rhett Bruno’s Titan’s Wrath! Click the pic and get to the buying, yo!

    Review Blurbs:
    • “Mystery, action, and intrigue, in a future that’s vividly described and effortlessly absorbing. This is sci-fi at its best!” —Jasper T. Scott, bestselling author of the Dark Space Series
    • “Pulse-pounding Sci-fi with compelling chracters and a satisfying balance of action and mystery. Great Fun!” —Robert Kroese, bestselling author of The Big Sheep
    • “The perfect mixture of dramatic space opera and Sci-fi Noir. I wanted more, in the best way possible!” –Jake Bible, bestselling author of Salvage Merc One and Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter

     

     

     

     

     

    Now, on with tonight’s drabble! Oh, and don’t forget to sign up for my mailing list. You get the Friday Night Drabble Party delivered to your inbox every week before everyone else gets to read it! Tell your friends! Huzzah!

    Enjoy!

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    Damn Gravel
    By
    Jake Bible

    The tires crunched gravel, making Wendell cringe with obvious discomfort.

    “What’s your problem?” Horace asked.

    “Hate that sound,” Wendell replied. “Like breaking styrofoam or fingers on a chalkboard.”

    “What sound?” Horace asked after a couple seconds pause.

    “The gravel.”

    “The gravel?”

    “Yeah, the gravel.”

    “It’s just gravel, dude,” Horace scoffed. “It’s not even close to fingernails on a chalkboard.”

    Horace shook his head and frowned.

    “How do you get anywhere? All these roads are gravel.”

    “Different when I’m driving,” Wendell said and glared hard at Horace.

    “Whatever, dude,” Horace said. “Just load the guns and forget about the damn gravel.”

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Titan’s Wrath!

     

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Another Friday is upon us, so that means more 100 words of awesomeness!

    It’s currently snowing here in the mountains of North Carolina. The daughter is making peppermint bark and I’ll be making round two of Holiday Chex mix. The house gonna smell good!

    Nothing to sell today other than the usual. Click the links below or above. Buy some books for your friends and family. Get yourself a little something too.

    Now, on with the Drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Cookbook
    By
    Jake Bible

    “Bone meal…” Marigold stared at the recipe for a few seconds. “What the Hell is bone meal?”

    She stepped away from the ancient and cracked cookbook. Or what her grandmother had called a cookbook. As Marigold slowly perused the book over the past few weeks, having received it in the mail after the estate was settled, she began to suspect it was more of a “cookbook”.

    “Mugwort?”

    Marigold sighed. She’d heard the family rumors.

    “Tears of a sullen teenager? Jesus…”

    Marigold grabbed her phone. There was a grocer’s phone number in the back of the “cookbook”. Time for a call.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Always measure.

  • Writing In Suburbia #58: Let’s Talk About Stress, Baby!

    The Holiday season is upon us! And with that comes stress.

    Now, I don’t tend to get stressed out around Holiday time because I have the soothing balms of Xmas music coupled with making Chex Mix. But, that doesn’t mean I don’t have other stresses!

    So, in this episode I discuss the stresses I feel as a professional writer and how 2017 hasn’t exactly been a great year. Not only do I chat about my stresses, I also chat about how I cope with all the stress! Solutions! Huzzah!

    Have a listen and also have a Happy Holiday and Happy New Year!

    Cheers!

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  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Hey there! I missed y’all last week. It was Black Friday and I spent the weekend buried under a pile of Pillow Pets. They were 75% off. I wanted the koala so I dug deep. Then it all went dark. That’s why I missed last week’s Drabble Party. My bad…

    But, hey, I’m back now!

    First, for the obligatory sales pitch: BUY MEGA 6!

    End obligatory sales pitch.

    On with the 100 words!

    Enjoy!

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    No Friends
    By
    Jake Bible

    Five friends went into the woods. Four friends came back.

    What they saw, they never spoke about. What they did, they never told. What they experienced, they tried to forget.

    Four friends went into the woods. Three friends came back.

    What they saw, one of them spoke about. What they did, one of them told. What they experienced, one could never forget.

    Three police squads went into the woods. No police squads came back.

    Two friends found the third friend. Two friends took the third friend into the woods. No friends came back.

    The woods sighed. The woods were happy.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Stay away from the woods, yo.