Jake Bible Fiction

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Happy Friday, y’all!

    Is your Friday a freezing hellscape of wind and stupid weather? Mine is! Over 50 degrees yesterday and now it isn’t even 30? END TIMES, PEOPLE! END TIMES!

    Speaking of end of times, and beginning of times, you should check out Brian Walton’s Recursion series.

    “The Recursion Event Saga is a time travel thriller told chronologically in 5 parts. each taking you to unique settings, times, and characters. From 1950s Paris to a post-apocalyptic future, lives and fates collide in ISD Agent Molly Gardner’s desperate fight to hold together the threads of history, and to solve the riddle of her life.

    A war-correspondent searching for his dead wife, a young screenwriter with a love for the paranormal, a time-traveling double agent, and a girl who’s lived multiple lives—all play a part in the century-spanning saga.

    This week only (1/30-2/2) get books 1-3 of the Recursion Event Saga for 99c each, and escape through time today… or yesterday.“

    Sounds cool, right? Check it out!

    Something else to check out? Autographed novels! I am now signing and shipping books directly to you! To YOU!

    Also, don’t forget about Galactic Vice! And sign up for the mailing list!

    Now, on with the Drabble! Huzzah!

    Enjoy!

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    Really Upset
    By
    Jake Bible

    “I can’t find my wallet,” the man sobbed. “I can’t find my wallet!”

    “Should we help?” Melissa whispered to Jeff. “He looks really upset.”

    “He lost his wallet,” Jeff said as the couple walked on. “I’d be upset too.”

    “IT WAS MY LIFE!” the man shrieked.

    “Jeff…” Melissa hissed.

    “Fine,” Jeff said, returning to the man as Melissa waited. “Hey, buddy, can I–.”

    The knife slash was swift.

    “Did you take it?” the man asked, Jeff’s throat spewing blood.

    Melissa screamed.

    The man smiled down at Jeff. Then he picked up something from the sidewalk. “Oh, wait, here it is.”

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Watch the hands.

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Friday is here and that means y’all get some free micro-fiction!

    But is it truly free? Is it?

    Technically, yes, but you do have to wade through my advertisements before getting to that wholesome nugget of Drabble goodness.

    GALACTIC VICE!

    It’s the scifi action adventure police procedural novel you’ve always wanted!

    Oh, and since the world isn’t just about me, be sure and check out The Four Horsemen- Alpha Contracts by Chris Kennedy and Mark H. Wandrey

    And, be sure and check out this cool anthology by Alasdair Shaw

    Now, on with the 100 words!

    Enjoy!

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    Cracked and Sparking
    By
    Jake Bible

    “Lieutenant?!” Captain Stalmore shouted. “Get me those coordinates!”

    “I am trying, sir! But the navigation system is shot to all Hells! We’re flying blind, sir!” Lieutenant Custie replied, his eyes wide with fear. “We’ll have to navigate by sight, sir!”

    Captain Stalmore stared at the cracked and sparking view shield in front of him. The entire Javsis System was out there, but all he could see was a six meter square section.

    “Can we ping the wormhole portal?” Captain Stalmore asked.

    “I have, sir, and I’m adjusting course. Fingers crossed,” Custie replied.

    “Fingers crossed…” Captain Stalmore sighed. “Engage engine drives.”

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Galactic Vice!

     

  • Writing In Suburbia #59: Fear And Loathing In 2018!

    Happy New Year, y’all!

    In this episode I switch things up a little: I chose theme music! I have also added show notes! Check ’em out.

    I chat about the ups and downs of income as a pro writer and my fear of what 2018 could be like if there aren’t more ups. I also chat about a certain PLAGIARIST in our midst who has stolen Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter and tried to make it his own. Full on prose theft, y’all. The guy is a scumbag. Pure and simple.

    So, have a listen as I lay out some fears and some loathings.

    Cheers!

    Show notes-

    Books mentioned:

    Galactic Vice by Jake Bible

    The Four Horsemen- Alpha Contracts by Chris Kennedy and Mark H. Wandrey

    Titan’s Wrath by Rhett Bruno

    Theme music: “Whiskey on the Mississippi” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Here we are again! Friday Night Drabble Party time!

    I have something great to announce before we get into the drabbletastic entertainment!

    Galactic Vice is here!

    Corruption. Greed. Lust.
    Sins undercover Galactic Vice Detective Etch Knowles faces every day.

    Politicians on the take. Underground gambling. Sex trafficking.
    Another day at the office for Galactic Vice Lieutenant Angie McDade.

    Shaking down hustlers. Offering “protection” to bar owners. Cheating at tile games.
    Galactic Vice Detective Kalaka doesn’t exactly play by the rules.

    A cargo barge filled with corpses. A potential war between crime syndicates. Traitors within the Galactic Vice.
    These are the nightmares the three must face. Using all of their resources and experience they will fight to keep each other alive even it means bending rules, busting heads, and breaking laws.

    But tossing regulations to the side and going rogue may not save them from an investigation that has doom and downfall written all over it.

    Can they solve the case before it becomes their last? Or will the operation fail and end up ripping their lives and Jafla Base apart…

     

    Doesn’t that sound AWESOME?

    Check it out!

    Now, on with the drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    Reminisced
    By
    Jake Bible

    The man sat against the wall, his body wrapped in several old, tattered blankets.

    He stared out at the rubble and ruin that had once been a great city and reminisced.

    The magnificent buildings that had towered above the citizens as they hustled to and fro from lives that were on a never ending repeat cycle. The steam and smoke of industry that had once settled over the rooftops. The sounds, so many sounds, that filled the ears to almost bursting.

    It had been glorious.

    A scrape on scorched concrete made the man close his eyes.

    It was his time.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: Galactic Vice!

  • Friday Night Drabble Party!

    Yo! It’s Friday! Time for another bit ‘o the micro-fiction!

    No big revelation this week. Last week’s announcement about being plagiarized is enough drama for the month, don’t you think?

    So, this Friday, we’re getting right to the fiction.

    But, if 100 words of awesome aren’t enough Jake for ya then feel free to click any of the links below and above. Explore the website and see what you might be missing! Over fifty novels published, people. I bet there’s something here you haven’t checked out yet. Get to it!

    Now, on with the Drabble!

    Enjoy!

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    The Sludge
    By
    Jake Bible

    The sludge continued to get deeper and deeper. Haley screamed when it came up to her neck.

    “HELP ME!”

    As with the last dozen times she’d screamed, there was no response.

    The sludge continued to rise. Brown with a pinkish tint, the sludge was like nothing Haley had ever experienced. It wasn’t gelatinous; it wasn’t aqueous; it wasn’t coarse like quicksand.

    The sludge was the sludge.

    Then it crested her chin and reached her lips. She tried to keep it out, but there was no stopping the sludge. It entered her mouth, her nose, her eyes.

    And Haley finally understood.

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    Cheers!

    Disclaimer: I’ve been slimed.