David Howells: 17 books

This is the first of a short story series of varying topics and genres. The image of a police stand-off against a gunman with multiple hostages has made the video and print media all too many times. In this story, though, there are twists and surprises that no one could have possibly dreamed of, even...

This short story series concludes with 'New Roads'. The series follows two retirees, widowers, and former next door neighbors, as they close the doors on their previous long term marriages and seek in each other a loving partner to share the remainder of their life with. Their dramas are not unlike...

The Baxters seemed the idyllic couple; almost love at first sight. Certainly there was a strong attraction that both passed on to just having the right chemistry. But soon after the honeymoon, things began to unravel...so much so that they now stood before a Judge after their third 'domestic dispute'...

What is deja vu, but a sense of having been somewhere before. The subconscious forgets nothing and can recreate every sense received by the central nervous system (except for pain...that's forgotten; had to be, or women would give birth only once otherwise). In Sand Soldier, patterns that began...

VANESSA ended at the site of a horrific spirit battle, with the Fitzgalen Family on the porch of the Edwards Estate. Annie was healed, and crossed over permanently, they thought. Family Tree picks up where VANESSA ended. In this sequel, you see where entity capabilities are more than previously thought....

It was inevitable that the Fitzgalen Family's stock in trade would run loggerheads into powerful religious organizations who felt only the clergy had the answers to life after death. The danger is not in disagreement with such people, but when religious authority gains the power of military capability. In...

The Fitzgalen Family continues to grow. With evolving and growing resources both in finances and the Family membership roster, spirit rescue teams are sent around the globe to seek out and assist lost souls. In the process, the Family starts to make contact with other groups with similar goals, teaming...

Ryan Fitzgalen and his wife Vanessa, now raising a daughter of their own, have chosen to live in seclusion from the countless who seek to contact him. But the mission of the Family had to continue, and he remained the Family Patriarch. But things are changing, not only politically, but the structure...

Time Snap is the prequel to Hell Rise. “In The Beginning” are the first words of Genesis, and they tell us that the first thing to be created was Time. When the machinery of Time fractures, all animal life on Earth freezes except those near enough to Heaven’s observation portals. While Heaven...

A family pet is a big committment, whether the caregivers are young or old. An elderly couple has additional considerations in considering their own lifespans that might fall short of a pet's, or their ability to meet the physical needs as in providing the exercise the pet needs. These considerations...

This is a simple story of search for the comforts of a new mate when the one you spent a lifetime with leaves you behind. People do find new mates, but there are so many differences. Who will leave the home with so many memories, how do you deal with the feelings of being unfaithful, and how do you...

What is a home? It is a familiar base that protects you, provides for you, while making great demands on you as time goes on. The servant slowly becomes more of a master. Letting go of the past is a frightening thing, which is as it should be. That keeps us from racing into uncertainty with too much...

Graduation from high school is something that most of us go through. It marks a rite of passage, a transition. Two students, one with the highest cumulative average and the other with the strongest political achievements, were tasked by a new and progressive principal to make this day unforgettable....

The Northeast is concerned over the expanding scope of minor electrical fluctuations that no one can explain. The problem started in a 300 bed chronic care facility, and the first investigator was Karl Hoffman, who traced the disturbances to a brain dead child, the last 'survivor' of a boating accident. Karl...