• That’s right, my fine feathered people (you are feathered, get used to it), there is a new Jake Bible novel that has been released into the wild.

    The wild, wild OCEAN, that is!

    May I present: Blood Cruise!

    Look at that cover. LOOK AT IT! How can you not want to buy this book?

    Blood-cruise-ebook-coverBen Clow’s plans are set. Drop off kids, pick up girlfriend, head to the marina, and hop on best friend’s cruiser for a weekend of fun at sea. But Ben’s happy plans are about to be changed by a tentacled horror that lurks beneath the waves.

    International crime lords! Deep cover black ops agents! A ravenous, bloodsucking monster! A storm of evil and danger conspire to turn Ben Clow’s vacation from a fun ocean getaway into a nightmare of a Blood Cruise!

     

    International crime lords? Deep cover black ops agents? A ravenous, bloodsucking monster? And more! MORE! THIS BOOK HAS IT ALL! ALL THE FUN! SO MUCH FUN AND BLOOD AND ACTION AND BLOOD AND POKER AND BLOOD AND GUNS AND BLOOD!

    BLOOD!

    So get to the clickety-clickety on that fine, fine cover and prepare to be transported on a…wait for it…BLOOD CRUISE!

     

  • Such a fine Friday for a Drabble Party, don’t you think?

    YES, YOU DO!

    But, before we get into the magical wonder of this week’s 100 words, how’s about I fill you in on a couple things?

    BLOOD CRUISE! Just look at that cover!

    Blood-cruise-ebook-coverBen Clow’s plans are set. Drop off kids, pick up girlfriend, head to the marina, and hop on best friend’s cruiser for a weekend of fun at sea. But Ben’s happy plans are about to be changed by a tentacled horror that lurks beneath the waves.

    International crime lords! Deep cover black ops agents! A ravenous, bloodsucking monster! A storm of evil and danger conspire to turn Ben Clow’s vacation from a fun ocean getaway into a nightmare of a Blood Cruise!

     

     

    Nothing says Happy Holidays like a bloodsucking tentacled monster!

    The last thing I want to talk about is Writers Coffeehouse. This will be a monthly meeting of Asheville/WNC area writers hosted by myself and co-hosted by Nathan Ballingrud, Jamie Mason, and Beth Revis. The fine folks at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe are giving us the space to meet with as many local writers as want to come. It’s a chance for writers to talk about the biz and network in a relaxed, no pressure setting. It’s all about writers helping writers. If you are interested then clickety click and check out the FB group. It’s gonna be a blast!

    Now, on to the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Wasn’t Warm Enough
    By
    Jake Bible

    The blanket wasn’t warm enough. The blanket was too warm.

    Marigold shivered in the corner of the hut, her body burning with fever, her eyes glassy and dazed. She tried to focus on the world around her, but the best she could do was stare at the limp foot of her little sister. A limp foot that hadn’t moved in hours.

    Not true. It hadn’t moved in days. The smell had even started to penetrate her clogged and oozing sinuses.

    Marigold shivered in the corner and pulled the blanket tight around her. She was too warm. She wasn’t warm enough.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Hand sanitizer won’t cut it no more.

  • In this week’s episode I chat a bit about branding. I go into the whys and whynots. I talk about the BS that is spewed, and it being me, I spew some of my own BS. It’s more informative than it sounds. Trust me.

    Also, Christmas music!

    Enjoy!

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  • Another Friday is here!

    As I am sure you are aware of, because you watch this website like a hawk (LIKE A HAWK!), there was no Drabble Party last week. It was Thanksgiving holiday for us Yanks. I was very busy taking a long mountain hike to work off that gravy bloat. Mmmm, gravy bloat…

    But, hey, there’s a drabble this week! Now, before we dive into the 100 word miracle that has been birthed from my brainpan, let’s do some pimpin’!

    Dead Team Alpha 2: The Stronghold is available in ebook and print! Ge fetch that post-apocalyptic goodness! And for fans of Z-Burbia, there is a surprise for y’all in there! A SURPRISE!

    Also, the long awaited audio version of Metal & Ash is now live! The Apex Trilogy is finally complete in audiobook form! Gotta get ya some of that too! YA GOTTA!

    Oaky, I’m done with the shillin’ and yellin’. Time for some drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    So Many Things
    By
    Jake Bible

    “Skip the rock, Horace,” Magdalena said. “Take it like this and throw.”

    “I can’t, Maggie,” Horace whimpered. “Not with that thing in the pond.”

    “Ignore it,” Magdalena replied. “We’re safe on shore.”

    “It looks like it can reach,” Horace said, his hand shaking as he gripped the flat, round rock. “It has a lot of arms.”

    “Just skip the darn rock,” Magdalena sighed. “We need to get home before dark. You know, because of the thing in the woods.”

    “Yeah,” Horace said as he stared at the thing in the water.

    So many things to deal with. So many things.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Ignore the thing in the closet. It’s shy.

  • That is right, folks! Metal & Ash is finally available in audio form!

    The third book in the Apex Trilogy is now ready for your listening pleasure. I know it has been a long time coming, so I am sure there are several of you out there that have been waiting in anticipation for this release. Anticipate no longer!

    Get to the clickety-clack and pick this baby up! Also, lest we forget, audiobooks make GREAT holiday gifts! Give the gift of Jake this season!

    Cheers!

    Metal_and_Ash_Audiobook

    What began in the wasteland of Dead Mech, and continued alongside Europe and Asia in The Americans, now has its epic conclusion in Metal and Ash.

    Commander James Capreze and his team of mech pilots must no longer battle just zombies, cannibals, religious cults, and the ever-dreaded dead mechs. Now, they will be put to the test by the forces of the Three, as the evil alliance bent on dominating every inch of the world attacks from two fronts, forcing Capreze to split his forces and make alliances with those he had been sworn to defeat. The wasteland becomes the setting for an epic fight for basic human survival like it hasn’t seen in hundreds of years.

    Will 50-foot battle mechs be enough against hundreds of thousands of techno-zombies ready to wipe everything living off the scorched map that is the wasteland? Join Capreze, his mech pilots, the refugee Americans, end every denizen of the wasteland as they make one final stand to keep the Three from bringing humanity’s downfall. Alliances are formed and broken, mech pilots are made and murdered, secrets are revealed and agendas destroyed, and thousands of bodies fall and rise again in the Apex trilogy finale: Metal and Ash.