My name is Jake

I am a cynic.

Read and review my stories, and I will like you.

I'm also a moderator at the Black Label Publishing Company, a haven for thriller, action, and horror writers.

If you would like to get in contact with me, use my personal email: jakehowell@sbcglobal.netor you can find me on Twitter, @theJakeHowell. I will not respond to PM's or review replies that are sent to my fictionpress linked email. Thank you.

Planned Works:

3 If By Sky: A depressed alcoholic finds hope in a Wisconsin dive bar after becoming entangled in a railroad network to Boston, shipping people off to a prestigious island off the Atlantic coast. There, he hopes to rediscover the American Dream, but quickly realizes that the five laws built into the societies foundation are flawed and corrupted. Here, in Paradise, the morals of men have melted away, and the average life expectancy is just over five days.

Current Works:

I Am Become Death: A psychopathic domestic terrorist documents his final days of life, and explains the events that spiraled a city into anarchy and then brought it back again.

Completed Novels:

The Faithful being rewritten: A drunk loser gets more than he bargained for after a night with a prostitute, and becomes a creature of legend: a vampire.

Completed Contest Entries:

i can spell disastr: (formerly hope) Story originally written for the WCC January, rewritten because it deserved it. A man sits on an uncomfortable couch, mocking the people partying around him.

carnival rides.: (formerly life on the merry-go-round) Story written for WCC May, came in first with ten votes. It's an introspective piece about adolescence and the fear of growing up and changing.

eternity in orbit: Story written for the WCC February, came in second with seven votes. The main character is an astronaut involved in a freak accident that leaves him suspended in orbit, slowly driving him insane. The things that he sees and hears are open to interpretation.

Completed Short Stories:

dragons breathe fire: Originally intended to be entered in the WCC October at the Review Game, I couldn't get it the way I wanted before deadline. This is the unofficial sequel to the short, carnival rides. I wrote with the same character in mind.

violentto be rewritten: A short analysis of our society and it's dependence on sexuality and violence, and the desensitization of my generation.

lossto be rewritten: A story I wrote for class and my first attempt at more of a realistic drama involving suicide and the bond between brothers.

ruinto be rewritten: Based on the song Deathtrap Daisy by Staple, the story of a man's battle with lust going to the extreme. A creative, poetic short story.

Seven Tips on How to Dieto be rewritten: A run-of-the-mill-day takes a horrific turn when a series of unconnected events lead a self-centered teen to a deadly truth.