Jake Bible Fiction

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Good Evening!

    (I totally said that in an Alfred Hitchcock voice.)

    Got a great drabble for you tonight, but first (#butfirst), how about you take a look at the wonder that is Four Weeks To Finished: How To Stop Making Excuses, Start Being Prolific, And Finish Your Novel!

    Now an audiobook! Narrated by yours truly! (That’s me. I’m yours truly.)

    If you’ve dug my podcast (Writing In Suburbia, yo!) then you’ll dig this helpful audiobook on how to be the most prolific writer you can be. Check it out, y’all!

    How about a handy graphic to click on! Here ya go!

    Woot to the woot!

    Now, on with the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Domestic Bliss
    By
    Jake Bible

    Enter a world where the inhabitants are completely unaware that every second of the day they are being watched! Join us now for tonight’s spectacle that is: Domestic Bliss!

    “Lawrence? Have you seen the tape measure? It should be in the little tool box under the stairs,” Marge called.

    Lawrence set his mug down, the coffee untouched. “It’s in there, Donna.”

    “Where? It isn’t in here!”

    Lawrence sighed and stood up. Once again he’d have to find the tape measure.

    Thus ends tonight’s episode of: Domestic Bliss! Tune in tomorrow when we see if Donna ever finds the tape measure!

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: WOOT!

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    And the Lord said, “Let there be an audiobook of Four Weeks To Finished!”

    And there was. And it was narrated by me!

    That’s right, folks, I narrated Four Weeks To Finished and now it is available for your precious earholes to consume. Y’all should get to the clicking of the pic below and bask in the writing wisdom I have bestowed upon the masses. BASK!

    Now, enjoy the drabble goodness!

    Huzzah!

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    To Your Left
    By
    Jake Bible

    “The peg to your left. Your left. To your left, Carl. YOUR LEFT!”

    “This one?”

    “Is that to your left?”

    “No. This is my…right?”

    “Yes, Carl, that’s your right. Which would make that peg the…?”

    “Yellow peg?”

    “The wrong peg! It’s the wrong peg, Carl! What happens if you pull out the wrong peg?”

    “The temple collapses.”

    “And what happens when the temple collapses?”

    “We’re crushed?”

    “If we’re lucky, yes, but what really happens is the ruins fill with swamp water and we drown.”

    “I’d rather be crushed.”

    “Wouldn’t we all.”

    “So this peg?”

    “No, Carl! To your left!”

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: BASK!!!!

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    One more week down! Getting closer to the End of Days, folks!

    What? Oh, I’m kidding. How would I know when the End of Days is? I mean, it’s not like having the last name of Bible puts me in a special club or anything. I’m not building a bunker for my family in the mountains so it’s ready before January 18th, 2023. Why would I do something so very specific? Y’all are paranoid.

    Hey! Who wants a drabble? You do!

    Check out the drabble below and if you like what you read and want to support the author that wrote such a fine little nugget of fiction (me) then please click around the website for a bit. Also, review a book! Preferably one of mine, but you do you.

    Oh, and check out my interview on the Unstructured podcast. You’ll dig it.

    Enjoy!

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    Two Doors
    By
    Jake Bible

    “Seven doors? There should be only two doors,” Dale stated.

    “What?” the devil asked. “No, seven is our usual number.”

    “Yeah, but The Lady and the Tiger,” Dale replied.

    “What tiger? We don’t have tigers down here,” the devil said, annoyed.

    “No, it’s a story,” Dale insisted, “with two doors.”

    “Yeah, well, your story has seven doors. Pick one,” the devil snapped.

    “I’m going to ignore five of the doors and just use those two,” Dale said.

    “You realize it’s shit like this that got you down here in the first place, right?” the devil asked and rolled his eyes.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: January 18th, 2023…

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Yo! What’s up, Party People? You ready for some drabbletastic delights? Yeah, you are!

    Of course, before we get to the 100 Words of Awesome, we must first explore all the goodness that has been delivered to the internet this week by yours truly. By me, in case the yours truly thing doesn’t translate to your culture/generation/species/etc.

    A new Writing In Suburbia episode is up! Huzzah! In this episode I explore Two Questions With Patrick E. McLean. Y’all should check it out.

    And I also uploaded a new video to my YouTube Writing Advice series. Checking that out is something else you should do. Right now. Go check it out. Do it. You wanna, you know it. Do it. Come on.

    As always, I gotta shill me some Max Rage: Intergalactic Badass! If you haven’t read it then get on that! If you have read it then please leave a review! REVIEW!

    Now, on with the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Not For Me
    By
    Jake Bible

    Hailey studied the ancient inscription, staring at it for hours before finally uncurling her legs from under her to stand. The numbness that spread in her limbs threatened to topple her into the dirt and musky flowers that surrounded the broken idol.

    “Miss?” Algernon asked. “Have you found what you seek?”

    Hailey smiled a sad, knowing smile at her assistant.

    “I did, Al,” Hailey said. “But what I found is not for me.”

    Hailey picked up her bag, shooing Algernon’s hands away from the canvas sack, and hiked back into the jungle to reverse the trek she’d spent months taking.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: My leg’s asleep!

  • Writing In Suburbia #65: Two Questions With Patrick E. McLean!

    Yes, there is a new episode out!

    There’s always so much enthusiasm when releasing a new episode since they are so few and far between. Hope you dig this episode!

    Today I bring you an interview I did with the highly talented writer, Patrick E. McLean. Not only does he write incredible novels (see show notes) but he’s done some pretty big copywriting for a few brands you may have heard of. Writing ain’t all about novels and short stories, y’all!

    So, kick back and relax and get ready for a fun interview!

    Enjoy!

    Show notes-

    Find out more about Patrick at patrickmclean.com

    Books and stuffs mentioned:

    Max Rage: Intergalactic Badass!

    The Flipside

    YouTube Writing Advice Series

    Four Weeks To Finished: How To Stop Making Excuses, Start Being Prolific, And Finish Your Novel!

    Theme music: “Whiskey on the Mississippi” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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