Jake Bible Fiction

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Welcome back to the Party, y’all!

    If you have a look around you’ll see I did some rearranging of the website. Gotta get all professional looking, ya know what I mean?

    Speaking of professional, I will be at the Asheville Comic Expo tomorrow (Saturday 21st) from 11am to 7pm. I’ll be selling and signing books, handing out gruesome goodies, and just chatting it up with fans and readers and other professional artistic type peoples. You should come by. Seriously. Do it. Come by. DO IT!

    But what you’re really here for is tonight’s Drabble, right? RIGHT?

    Then let’s get to it!

    Enjoy!

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    Uncooperative Passengers

    By

    Jake Bible

    “Fifteen seconds until reentry,” Computer said. “Please prepare all passengers for landing.”

    Flames enveloped the hull as the vessel hit the upper atmosphere. Computer made all the calculations required to shield the occupants.

    “Reentry complete,” Computer said. “Adjusting course for Home Base. Please remain harnessed until further instructed.”

    Computer banked the vessel and came in at the correct speed  and trajectory to land safely, setting the vessel down with only a minimum of disturbance.

    “The Company thanks you for your service. You may now disembark.”

    Computer waited.

    “You may now disembark.”

    The skeletons strapped into the harnesses refused to answer.

    ***

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Purchase of ticket does not constitute Company’s agreement to keep you alive. Please read all Terms and fill out the mandatory Will before boarding.

  • Friday The 13th Night Drabble Party!

    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.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    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.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Kapow! That’s right, the Party is back for another Friday adventure in Drabbletastic goodness!

    DRABBLETASTIC!

    I have a few coals in the fire that I’ll be announcing soon, but y’all will just have to wait patiently. PATIENTLY!

    Until then how about reading a drabble? Yes? Excellent…

    Enjoy!

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    Team Work

    By

    Jake Bible

    Curled about a tree, a snake sighs.

    “I wait, I strike, I eat, I shit,” the snake says. “Repeat.”

    “Not about fun,” the squirrel above him chatters. “Gotta work! Gotta set those nuts aside. Gotta dig, dig, dig. CAR! Gotta watch for cars!”

    “Work is hard,” the snake says.

    “No, it’s easy!”

    “Show me.”

    “What?” the squirrel asks. “Show you? How?”

    “Come here.”

    “No way!” the squirrel laughs. Just before it is swallowed by the snake on the tree limb behind it.

    “I call dibs on the tree next time,” the snake below says.

    “Deal,” the snake above replies. “Burp.”

    ***

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: CAR!

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    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.