Jake Bible Fiction

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Friday! Night! Drabble! Party!

    How y’all doin’ tonight?

    Hey, guess what? Salvage Merc One: The Daedalus System is available! Get it! DO IT NOW!

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    There’s also some micro-fiction!

    Enjoy!

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    Wake Up
    By
    Jake Bible

    “MONKEYS! RUN!”

    They could not run. Not fast enough, at least. The tiny simian nightmares were everywhere. In the trees, on the roofs, jumping out from behind bushes, driving cars.

    Driving cars?

    “Carl! Wake up!” Stan shouted.

    Carl’s eyes popped open in time for him to swerve the VW bus to the right, avoiding the oncoming traffic he’d drifted into.

    “Whoa,” Carl said. “I had the craziest dream…”

    “MONKEYS! LOOK OUT!” Stan yelled as a wave of the little buggers overtook a Cadillac and swept across the road. “THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!”

    “Huh,” Carl said. “I hope I wake up.”

    He didn’t.

    ***

    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Never sleep again…

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    So, it is Friday once again.

    Usually that means some free micro-fiction, but unfortunately that isn’t going to happen this evening. Way too much going in life and work and all that to get to the 100 words of magic.

    But, hey, that doesn’t mean y’all can’t party without me!

    Break out that word processor and see what 100 words you can come up with. Play, have fun, get wordy with it, yo! And, if you feel inspired, share that stuff and put a link in the comments below. Or even cut and paste your 100 words of goody goodness for all to see! Seriously, let my forum be your canvas.

    Or some other mixed metaphor.

    Hope y’all have a great weekend!

    Oh, and don’t forget to get your tickets to the Authors For Action: Kill The Bill event! Help fight HB2!

    Cheers!

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    It’s Friday!

    There be a Drabble in your immediate future. Huzzah!

    Before that happens, just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be in Rutherfordton, NC for the MayFest Super Signing! I’ll be there with great authors such as Beth Revis, John Hartness, Brian Rathbone, Darin Kennedy, Gail Martin, Matthew Saunders, and more! Come on out if you can!

    Now, on to 100 wonderful words!

    Enjoy!

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    The Botanical Apocalypse
    By
    Jake Bible

    The vines worried at the manhole cover, their tips spreading, thinning, working their way under the edge, looking for leverage. With a strength that should not have existed, the cover was lifted, shifted, pushed and moved to the side, barely a clang heard through the empty, abandoned street.

    The air below –precious carbon dioxide– was intoxicating. The vines had found them. On they crept, their verdant brilliance muted to a boring grey as the sewer’s shadowed environs encompassed them.

    The last humans cowered. They huddled in the dank alcoves of their ineffectual refuge. The botanical apocalypse had found them finally.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: A black thumb might be a good thing.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Howdy!

    Time for another great Party! 100 words of awesome to get this weekend started!

    Hey, know what else is awesome and will include words? This!

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    Local Asheville area authors, including Sara Gruen, Charles Frazier, Beth Revis, Jamie Mason, and myself, are banding together to help fight the disgusting law passed by the NC legislature. You may have heard of it. HB2. Come on out on May 18th and help us make a difference. All proceeds from tickets sales after costs will be divided among the ACLU of NC, Campaign for Southern Equality, Tranzmission, and Equality NC and their efforts to repeal HB2 and overcome the harm it has caused in our community.

    That’s some powerful stuff right there. Support if you can, please.

    Now, on with the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Indeed
    By
    Jake Bible

    It was the biggest break of his life, a thousand people waiting to hear his story.

    “Gobble hap, munbutt,” Jeffery Holt said. “Goobsham boggnock.”

    The silence was brutal. Not a peep or sniffle from the audience. The moderator gave Jeffery an encouraging smile. Jeffery smiled back and pushed on.

    Fifteen minutes later he finished. “Nunkik morga wapp,” Jeffrey said and closed the book.

    The audience burst to their feet, the applause wild and raucous.

    The moderator gripped Jefferey’s hand, pumping it up and down.

    “Bun noof farble,” the moderator cheered.

    Jeffery smiled from ear to ear. Bun noof farble, indeed.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Bun noof farble, indeed.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Friday has arrived and it is ready to Party!

    Y’all want some free fiction. I know you guys. You are just jonesing for 100 words of Jake Bible goodness. That sounds way dirtier than it should…

    Before we dive into the micro-fiction, I gots two announcements.

    Drop Team Zero is out now!

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    And Salvage Merc One is $.99!

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    Ten kinds of awesome going on right there!

    Now, on with the show!

    Enjoy!

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    From Holler To Holler
    By
    Jake Bible

    The thunder rolled across the mountains, bouncing and echoing from holler to holler, a cacophony of Nature’s fury and ultimate will.

    Tully walked the trail, one eye on the steep drop to his left, the other on the ever darkening sky.

    “We gonna make it, Papa?” Nick asked. “To the top?”

    “We’re gonna make it, son,” Tully replied, but was unsure.

    They had a strong lead, but every once in a while, between the cracks and booms, he could hear the hounds.

    “You ain’t gonna let the Devil take me, right Papa?” Nick asked.

    Tully had no answer to that.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: The friend of the Devil is a friend of mine.