Howard Faxon: Stories

My boss fired me in a fit of pique. I was about as un-prepared as I could be. I took advantage of my environment to get ready for a great retirement

After world war II ended many smaller battles occurred that settled the fates of countries.

What if your story's hero is functionally insane? An apocalypse story with a twist.

After a debilitating accident I retire for a life on the road...for a while

If the Greek pantheon really existed there would be a lot of gods, goddesses and half-mortals out there. This is the story of Amos, a very long-lived half-god, half-mortal.

If after you die you are judged by Gaia to determine what kind of person you are, how much would you be poisoned by your previous life's culture? / (Reviews)

I've never been lucky. Never. Fate decided to change that. I've rolled so many boxcars that I'm afraid of the next roll of the dice, but I've got to know. Is lady luck still riding my shoulders?

My interpretation of a very old book I once found in a library. A bug was created in a lab that escaped. It ate plastic, and reproduced very very fast. Here's my 21st century version of it.

After a horrible misunderstanding and a bitter divorce a truly angry man retires to Bloody Mountain near the Cumberland Gap.

A normal guy gets side-swiped by a bad-humored short guy from a magic-imbued Plane. His belligerence serves him well...