http://slow.writerscafe.org/Howie The original writings of author HoWiE en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775991099 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 When Jim wakes up in a taxi being delivered to a strange hotel, things go from straight-up to sideeways pretty damn quick... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2855507/ A doctor struggles to debug new AI system... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2776726/ A long haul holiday to Thailand doesn't go exactly to plan for Nick and Howie... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058204/ A young father vows to defend his family to the very end... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058200/ When an errant space babe crashes through Rick's conservatory he begins to think that maybe his bad luck with women is changing... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058198/ What do you get if you cross two brothers, a Muslim and a Catholic Priest with a dead tortoise? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058188/ From 'The Vertigo City Projects'... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058185/ One man's toilet trip becomes an titanic struggle for survival... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058180/ 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.’ Bill Shankly http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058175/ London Zoo wasn't the place to be wearing a fur coat back in 1987... The first thrilling installment in the Sgt Spinnelli saga! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2058172/ The second tale in the gritty Commando action Sgt Spinnelli series and smash follow up to 'Baby Panda Death Squad'. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2055884/ Some families should be left alone... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2055855/ "Breaking up is hard to do... and women are just f*****g b*****s..." Neil Sedaka (working title, 1975). http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/2052668/ A young novelist learns the strange myth of 'The Slender Man' only to discover that it is unerringly familiar... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/1618683/ A while back someone challenged me to write an advert for them... they soon wished they hadn't... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/652427/ Set in war torn Sarajevo. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/640879/ Set in Victorian London, this tale features a bedridden girl who finds that her vivid imagination allows her to escape the confines of her room... but, is it all in her head? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/640869/ Bill Shankly once said, "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/619359/ Interlude & Part 4 - aDiva's influence reaches further into the heart of Vertigo City and a final attempt on Rose's life is made.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/552137/ In which as Assassin is hired to eliminate Rose using a poisoned comb... Part 3 of the Rose Whyte saga and part of the Grimm Tales of Vertigo City mythos. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/536449/ An evenings babysitting turns into a night of unrelenting terror for Marianne... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/534934/ A man wakes up in a secure facility with no memory of how he came to be there. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/531313/ In which Rose Whyte accompanies her seven friends to a Fetish Ball leading to an attempt on her life... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/492698/ The first of a 5 part re-imagining of the Grimm's fairytale 'Snow White' and forms part of my 'Grim Tales of Vertigo City' mythos, each part is narrated by a different supporting character... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/489867/ A quiet camping trip takes a horrific turn when a couple lose their way and come across Cowley Farm... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/479486/ A woman wakes after a horrific accident to find that her whole world has changed. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/465759/                 We only found out that Danny was leaving us with precious hours to spare. Mum couldn’t bear to let him go and so the final decision rested with Dad and I think, in the end, she hated him for it.&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/451711/ 'Fat Boy' is given the eating challenge of his life... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/440062/                                                         It was a day like any other and the sun was shining on the coast road...  The shim.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/438341/            There is a strange sense of release in staring out into nothingness. I feel almost as if I am floating, detached from the world. Balmy air currents buffet me, ruffling my hair and making my eyes tear. I rock back and forth o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/428487/ A trip across the United States ends in horror deep in Bible Belt country... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/425400/ Some wars are not meant to be won... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/390560/ A man wrestles with affairs of the heart on a rainy Christmas night. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/356306/ [indent]It was after the night that the fireworks lit up the sky that Papa came home from the war. I was in bed. I heard his footsteps on the stairs; I knew it was him, the telltale way the second and fourth boards would creak under his weight. I heard him whispering, his voice hushed so not to w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/354724/ What could possibly go wrong? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/348368/ A Doctor onboard a Survey Vessel in the Antarctic battles to save the crew from a horrifying condition... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/344910/ I take a stab at the science-fact behind one of the world's great paradoxes... apparently... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/334350/ I think this just HAD to be done... I'm so very sorry... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/302206/ An entry into the 'One Sentence Horror' story contest. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/295413/ This is an account of a camping holiday I took with my girlfriend last year and incorporates more people watching and character assassination... why? Because I can ;-) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/267242/ This idea came to me one Saturday afternoon, bored off my tits, wandering around the Cosmetic Couters of my local Debenhams Department store... funny what goes through your head isn't it? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/265646/ This was an experimental piece written as an exercise a few years ago - I had to put myself into the persona of a little girl who had been locked out of her house for the afternoon - a true story relayed to me by my friend Moniqa. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/265637/ This happened a few months back and is my in-depth observation on todays society, it's nothing personal... I just don't like people very much. I'm kidding of course... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/263417/ A man wakes up on a mysterious island and soon discovers that he is not alone... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/238355/ Probably the longest flight home... ever. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/215210/ A young boy observes a man's daily ritual of cutting back a stand of daisies and becomes increasingly intruiged by the reasons behnid it... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/213961/ All I'm going to say is don't scroll to the bottom first... you'll spoil the surprise, lol. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/168614/ Good grief, I have no idea where this came from... it just occurred to me sitting in a Costa Coffee one afternoon... I think I might need some help... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/166007/ This is a horror story that mirrors 'Bloody Revenge' by Sammypookins. It is the same story but told from a different viewpoint - check her's out (before or after), it's linked at the bottom. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/158279/ The title pretty much says its all really... *sigh* http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Howie/152338/