Jake Bible Fiction

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    The Party is back in full swing, y’all! So grab yourself a tasty Friday Night beverage and get ready for some serious 100 word action!

    Okay, well, maybe not too serious…

    But! Before we get into the drabble, how’s about we talk about Natural Born Cyborgs? I know ya wanna!

    The votes have been tallied and Natural Born Cyborgs is the novel you folks want me to write next. I am pretty stoked about it and have already started getting notes in order to build this new world that rose from the ashes of the Apex Trilogy. Gonna be fun!

    Don’t know what I am talking about? Then click right…HERE!

    Pretty cool, eh?

    So, on to the drabble then! And don’t forget that– Whoa, hold on! I almost forgot to talk about the runner up in the voting. The mighty Big Box Blood Bath! BBBB got half the votes that NBC got, but it did have a rabid following cheering it on. And it’s a pretty cool story! Which is why I believe I will turn it into a serial!

    Yes, you heard me, a serial!!! I added a couple exclamation points for emphasis. I plan on pitching to Amazon to see if it can be a Kindle Serial, but even if they don’t pick it up I’m going to move forward. There are pluses and minuses to both ways. I will keep you all posted!

    So, in addition to any continuations of tonight’s drabble, feel free to give me your thoughts on BBBB as a serialized story down in the comments section. You know how I love input! And exclamation points! !!!

    Enjoy!

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    All Have Our Place
    By
    Jake Bible

    The manacles weren’t too tight or too loose, but just right.

    “Are you going to eat your gruel?” Stu asked the other prisoner, watching the maggot filled mush with greedy eyes. “I do love Thursday’s gruel. Just a hint of rancidity, but not quite fully off yet. Not like Sunday’s.”

    The other prisoner didn’t respond.

    “Right then… Never mind,” Stu sulked. “Keep it. I don’t care.”

    They were silent for a minute then…

    “I don’t really miss the sun,” Stu offered. “Or the wind. I like it here. You?”

    “Shut it,” the man croaked.

    “Right… Sorry… So… About that gruel…”

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: No maggots were harmed in the making of this drabble.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Here we are once more, my friends. Friday. Night. Drabble. Party.

    You ready to rock some 100 words? I know you are!

    As always, feel free to join in by adding your 100 words worth of goodness in the comments below. Time to get your drabble on!

    Enjoy!

    Oh, and wait, just a heads up that starting March 30th the Party will be put on hold. Why? Oh, you’ll see. I have a big announcement to make on Monday and Fridays will be taken up for at least the month of April with other goodness. You’ll dig, I’m sure.

    Cheers!

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    They Said

    By

    Jake Bible

    Her breath came in ragged gasps as she struggled to keep moving, trying to doge the shards of broken glass that littered the floor and tortured her bare feet. She knew if she could just get out of the labyrinthine old building she would be safe. But she had been running, walking, staggering for what seemed like hours.

    “It’s not haunted, they said,” she whispered to herself, terror pushing her to the edge of madness. “It’ll be fun, they said.”

    “But they died,” a voice growled behind her.

    “Yes, they did,” she sighed, ready for the cut of the blade.

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  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Oh, how the sun revolves around the earth… Wait, strike that, reverse.

    That means another week is down and it’s time for Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Thanks to those that have participated. And a special thanks to those that have been so supportive in my decision to leave podcasting. Y’all rock!

    I have a blog post and a couple of interviews posted. Go back and have a read/listen if you are so inclined and don’t know what’s going on with my walking away from the mic.

    But, for now, enjoy the drabble and feel free to add your part to it in the comments section.

    Cheers!

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    The Coffin Man

    By

    Jake Bible

    The Coffin Man looked at the boy. The boy looked back.

    “Where are your parents?” the Coffin Man asked.

    “Dead,” the boy replied through his tears.

    “You want to come with me?”

    “You? Where?”

    “Wherever I’m needed,” the Coffin Man replied, patting the top of his massive iron box, an oblong monstrosity that he was harnessed to and had to pull from town to town.

    “To be a Coffin Man?” the boy asked.

    “Depends.”

    “On what?”

    “Whether you live,” the Coffin Man nodded towards the lightening sky. “The Unseen will be awake soon.”

    The boy didn’t hesitate and climbed on.

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  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Oh, hello there, Friday! Glad to see ya!

    And I’m glad to see all of you here for another Drabble Party! Welcome, welcome. Leave your coats by the door and grab a beverage. There’re snacks in the kitchen.

    All settled? Excellent.

    So we have had another Party goer join the fun. Welcome to Frailey! I dig the additions to the drabbles.

    I know I had said way back that I’d comment on drabbles that were added to the Party. I have decided not to. I quickly realized I’m not a critic. To each their own is how I see it. I think just having the guts to put your 100 words on the website is good enough. No need to get all subjective on the drabble itself.

    So come one, come all! Time to get your Party on!

    Enjoy!

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    Back With A Vengeance

    By

    Jake Bible

    “NOOOOOO!!!” Manny shouted as the first bullet tore Terrance’s forehead apart. Chunks of skull and thin strips of skin exploded into the misty morning air. A fine spray of blood floated on the slight breeze.

    Manny dove under the Valiant he and his brother had been struggling to restore. More bullets flew through the air and followed Manny, ripping wide holes in the Valiant’s blood stained primer gray.

    “Who are you?” Manny screamed.

    “A shadow from your past,” a woman’s voice replied. “You remember that night, right? Should have killed me.”

    “Dear God…,” Manny whispered, knowing he was already dead.

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    Cheers!

    Oh, and if you haven’t heard, I have decided to walk away from podcasting. Check out the post I dropped yesterday for more info.

    Disclaimer: I do not, nor ever have, condoned the destruction of classic automobiles. No actual Valiants were harmed in the writing of this drabble.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Okay, so Heyes and I have been having a good time with the Party each week. So why aren’t you?

    What is it gonna take to get y’all involved? A contest? Or, I guess, I should probably promote the Party better. That could be it. Give me your feedback, folks. Let me know what you’d like to see with the Friday Night Drabble Party that would entice you to participate. I hate to hog all the Party, yo!

    But, that aside, let’s move on to tonight’s drabble. You know how it works. Read it below and then add your part in the comments section. Don’t forget to double check your word count!

    Enjoy!

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    Not A Happy Man
    By
    Jake Bible

    Carrington Belmont was not a happy man.
    He didn’t love his job, his wife, his car, or even his dog.
    Carrington would just stare and stare at his work for hours, going through the required motions of  feigned normalcy.
    So Carrington decided to end it all, that life was no longer worth living.
    Unfortunately for the rest of the humanity, Carrington was a microbiologist.
    And not a very good one.
    So when Carrington’s Folly wiped out half the world, he was pretty disappointed.
    Especially since he had an unknown immunity to the virus.
    Carrington Belmont was not a happy man.

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    Cheers!

    Now it’s your turn!

    Disclaimer: If you don’t count your words then you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t count your words?!