Author: ErnieHoward

  • 5 Free Horror Books

    5 Free Horror Books

    Originally posted on Ernie Howard's Night Portals: Oh that wonderful word free. Nothing makes a lover of books more happy than have quality books to read that you acquired for the price of… Nothing! Here are five that are free right now. It is 01/15/2020 so if you are reading this a year from…

  • Sample from Melody 8 Book One

    This title is free today. You can get it HERE I woke up in darkness and silence. The ground under me itched my face. I sat up slowly and looked at what I was laying on. There was just enough light shining through a dirty window on my right to see I was sleeping on…

  • Melody 8 Book One is free today

    Melody 8 Book One is free today

    Originally posted on Ernie Howard's Night Portals: My title, Melody 8 Book One, The Day of the Song, is free today. I would say this one is a new take on post apocalyptic fiction. It takes place after an event that wipes out most of the human race, which isn’t very different from most…

  • Sample from, The Pool

    “Oh, that’s alright. The boy speaks what’s on his mind. Betcha he gets that from his daddy.” Bonnie the hostess looked up from Alex and winked at Shawn. Her once sparkling blue eyes were replaced with the filmy cataracts of a long dead corpse. Puss and blood as black as coal oozed from a bullet…

  • Sample from my title, Walter

    Read the full story HERE Walter hadn’t always trusted The Man. The first time he had popped onto the TV screen a week ago, knowing Walters name, and everything about his life, he thought he was going crazy. He’d had come home from school with black eye dished out by one of Brian Carmichael’s minions.…

  • Flash Fiction Story, Worms

    Flash Fiction Story, Worms

    Flash Fiction Story, Worms, by Ernie Howard

  • Flash Fiction Story, Shed

    Shed, a flash fiction story ShedThe machines do their thing and I mine. As best I can. They beep and I wheeze with old lungs not ready to peter out. Sunlight comes through the only window as I lay still, watching it change the tone of colors onto the generic wallpaper that threatens a headache…

  • 5 Books I got at the Library today

    5 Books I got at the Library today

    Originally posted on Ernie Howard's Night Portals: **DISCLAIMER** Some of the links in this post are affiliate links and I do earn a small commission from them. The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by…

  • Sample of Cosmic Jury Duty, a short story

    This title was originally published in Tales from the Canyons of the Damned #14 “She’s not dead. Just frozen for a bit.”Stasha spun around and saw Marteen standing above her. The man had a playful smirk on his face, as if he knew an inside joke, and he wasn’t about to share it with Stasha.“What…

  • My decade of writing. A Long List

    My decade of writing. A Long List

    Originally posted on Ernie Howard's Night Portals: The decade for me started in a different state and a different life. I began ten years ago afraid to write a blog and ended with numerous titles under my belt. These past ten years have been good to me. After years of starts and stops, I…