• Only thing better than a normal Friday Night Drabble Party? A Friday the 13th Night Drabble Party!

    It’s like the Universe had me in mind when making the calendar. Thank you, Universe!

    So, to celebrate this most holy night of slasherific slasherness I give you this drabble! I serve it up  on a plate of pan-seared liver with a side of fava beans and a nice chianti. Mmmmmmm!

    Enjoy!

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    A Hard Night’s Work

    By

    Jake Bible

    “RUN!” I scream at her. “Go get the car!”

    I toss her the keys, but they slip through her fingers, falling into the thick mud at her feet.

    The rain pours down on us, creating red rivulets of blood that flow down my skin as my wounds continue to bleed. I can’t believe he cut me. Deep. Am I dying? Am I?

    “There he is!” she yells at me. “Just past the trees!”

    “THEN GO AFTER HIM!” I shout. “Do I have to do everything?!”

    What was I thinking hiring an assistant? There’s a reason we serial killers work alone.

    ***

    How’d ya like that one?

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer:  They were warned…They are doomed…And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.

  • Pssst. Hey, you. Yeah, you. You, uh, like Drabbles? Yeah? You like to Party? Yeah, you know what I mean. Party, man, Party. You do? Excellent.

    Then it’s time for another Friday Night Drabble Party! You bring the Friday and I bring the Drabble and we have ourselves a little Party!

    Woo to the hoo!

    I’m working on a new book series and it’s pretty much straight up zombie-goodness. So in the new project’s honor I bring you tonight’s drabble.

    Enjoy!

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    Never Stop

    By

    Jake Bible

    The metal fencing tore into his forearm as he squeezed through. He knew it was bad, but he couldn’t take the time to stop and look. He couldn’t take the time to stop at all.

    The car had blown a gasket three miles back and his feet had been in constant motion since. The dead things were everywhere. Everywhere.

    The moans, the groans, the hisses as he sprinted by, his legs tiring, his lungs burning, the hitch in his side becoming a cramp, becoming a stabbing pain.

    He saw a door. He stopped to try it.

    He shouldn’t have stopped.

    ***

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: It’s all about cardio.

  • Howdy, folks!

    I am very pleased to announce that books 2 and 3 of the Apex Trilogy are now available!

    Here is the cover for The Americans!

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    And here is Metal and Ash!

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    I am loving these new covers (still love the old ones too!). Click on the pics and you’ll go to the ordering pages!

    Enjoy!

  • Hello, Friday, my old friend,

    I’ve come to talk to you again,

    In visions softly- Oh, wait, sorry, got caught up there for a second.

    HELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO, FRIDAY!

    That better?

    So, as I write this, I am strangely in one of the most productive writing times of my career. Seriously. I am averaging 5,000+ words a day without breaking a sweat. And the words are coming easy. EASY!

    The difference? New genre. Actually, I’m not sure “genre” is the right word. It is interesting.

    But, anyhoo, let’s get on with the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Frayed Laces
    By
    Jake Bible

    The bleachers were empty; the crowd gone for hours. William sat alone, his hands folded in his lap, his breath mist upon the cold. With every exhalation he felt a little less himself; a little less there.

    “She’ll come back,” Randall said as he sat down next to William. “Won’t she?”

    William shook his head, looking at his muddy sneakers and frayed laces. He’d been meaning to get new laces every time he was at the store. He lifted his head up and looked at the October clouds float by the barely visible stars.

    “No,” William finally replied. “She won’t.”

    ***

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Angst! It smells like teen spirit.

  • Here we are again, folks! Another Friday, another Party, another Drabble!

    Huzzah to the hu and the zzah!

    Hey, see that mock cover to the right? The one that says Natural Born Cyborgs? Have a click and pre-order that puppy! I’ve been working on the outline and story and soon there will be some updates for y’all! But be sure and get in early.

    Now to the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    In A Flash
    By
    Jake Bible

    “It steals your soul,” whispered Alyse. “That’s what my priest says.”

    “That’s crazy,” Wilma said from the corner of her mouth, trying to hold her smile. “Now shush.”

    “But what if it does?” Alyse asked.

    “Please don’t move or talk,” the man behind the large box said. “It will ruin the photograph.”

    “Hush,” Wilma warned. “Be still.”

    The flash was almost painful and Alyse shook her head while blinking her eyes repeatedly.

    “Is that all?” Wilma asked. “When can we pick it up?”

    “Give me three days,” the photographer said.

    “Do we pay now?” Wilma asked.

    The photographer just smiled.

    ***

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: At no point am I saying Glamor Shots will steal your soul. But I’m also not saying it won’t. Just saying.