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Night Portals is a metaphysical series that explores the hidden secrets of life around us. Twelve "What If" short stories from the mind of Ernie Howard. Aida is the first story in the series. Love is a many splendid thing. It can make you blind. It can make you feel like you're floating on a cloud. It can make you go crazy. In this fast-paced romantic thriller, we see that love can be the end of all things. A kiss can contain eternal bliss or eternal madness. What would you do for Love? George would do anything.

I died when I was 8 years old. I drowned... If my father hadn't pulled me out of the water I would have stayed that way. I saw the most beautiful light coming through the water. A light so bright and full of love it made me forget about death. I was pulled back from the brink and years went by. I forgot about the light. Things changed, I got older. People I loved saw their own light. And I eventually saw the light again. This is the story of my light. The Light Through the Water

It's an amazing thing to be given a human body. It's not so amazing when you are trapped in it after you are dead. However, according to Dr. Joshua Lansing, it gives you some time to reflect on your life. Your good deeds, and your horrible secrets you took to the grave. Or so you think. Yes, death is quite a gift of meditation, at least until they turn the bone saw on. That thing is so loud. This is the #15th episode of The Night Portals Series.

After the death of his Grandfather, Joey Eckles only has two things he cares about, His friends and the treasured pocketknife his grandpa gave him. After an unfortunate incident with the town bully, Joey learns just how special his friends and the pocketknife are when he realizes there is no death only a changing of scenery. This is the 14th episode of The Night Portal Series.

Jeff's cancer has metastasized and he is preparing himself for death. He has never married and he has no children. At thirty-five years old he's never found the one. Until he meets Nurse Madison. A mysterious woman whom no one knows anything about. Jeff is smitten. This is the woman of his dreams. The best part is she can cure Jeff. But in doing so could make her have to leave his reality. The sixth episode of The Night Portals series explores what lengths some people will go to for the person they love.

Night Portals is a metaphysical anthology series that explores the hidden secrets of life around us. Twelve "What If" short stories from the mind of Ernie Howard. The Old couple is the second book in the series. Pete checks on his elderly parents at least once a week. The countless visits all melt into one, but it doesn't matter how many boring visits he has with his parents. He makes these visits with a sense of foreboding. Will this be the last time? Pete and his wife have a different visit this time around. One that is far worse than death.

Edgar is President of the homeowner’s association and the most hated man in the neighborhood. Not because of his power but because he abused his power. If he is not threatening someone with physical violence and getting away with it, he is abusing his wife, Lucille. But, the Wheel of Karma is about to go clickety-clack. Edgar thinks he’s ready for it. But is he? Are any of us when our misdeeds come back to haunt us? The first story of the second season of the Night Portals series is a story of a man who does not deserve your mercy. Step into the portal and let the light shine as the ...

The Future is Scary! Anthony's wife Susan has lost her love. She takes long business trips, and talks in clipped sentences. The problems that Anthony sees in his marriage are not what they seem. They are bigger than the two people who can't seem to get back to where they once were. At Norworld, we prolong life through A.I. We take away the suffering with technology. "If the one person in your life you loved the most was there one second and gone the next what would you do? You would explore every possibility to get them back. Losing someone is a bone crushing, soul emptying ...

If a person is frozen before they take their last breath, are they dead? Embark on an unforgettable journey through life, death, and the unknown in "Where the Others Go," the captivating seventeenth installment of The Night Portals Fantasy Series. Meet Teddy Haims, a man on the brink of accepting his fate—until a chance encounter with a representative from the premier cryogenics company, CryoCorp changes everything. At ninety-five years old, Teddy has savored the highs and lows of existence, yet time slips through his grasp like sand. Facing mortality, he grapples with the elusive concept...

Everyone is dead Brant loved being a mom and wife. She enjoyed her mundane life of getting her kids off to school and getting her nails done with her friends. So, when a series of events cause a nuclear war Brant’s life changes drastically. She finds out what she is made of when after two years of survival she is the only one left of her family. Just before she is about to take her own life, warmth and comfort are set out before her, and a Christmas present from the past becomes her salvation. Will Brant get a Christmas miracle? Or a lump of coal that she can bring with her as she once ...

Brady just wants a coffee. Instead, he gets to experience someone else’s life. Brady Townsend has to find a different place to get his morning cup of coffee. His normal coffee house has run out. The only place he knows of is in a bad part of town that he never goes to. The germaphobe encounters his worst nightmare, a homeless person. Brady gets more than just a cup of coffee. He gets a lesson in life and empathy. Things are not always the way look. Sometimes that can be very dangerous. This is the 5th story of season two of The Night Portals Series

A small quiet town. A sleepy motel. A family tired from the road. And a swimming pool that is the doorway to forever. A family vacation across America's great Southwest takes a turn into a sleepy little town. Looking to take a break from the road, Shawn checks his family into a motel with a partially obscured pool. Shawn and his family settle in, not knowing that their reality is about to be bashed to pieces. When old habits and the loss of trust are brought back up from the deep end of The Pool. Where the paranormal is normal. The Pool rules Number one. Only one person can walk through the...

Night Portals is a metaphysical anthology series that explores the hidden secrets of life around us. Twelve "What If" short stories from the mind of Ernie Howard. Immune is the third story in the series. Jakob the motel clerk opened a door one day. A door that should have stayed closed. Being immune to a virus that will kill off most of the world's population seems like winning the lottery at first. That is until you realize you killed most of the people you loved just by being around them. Sometimes the virus is in your mind. What would you do if you were the last person on Earth?

Macy hasn’t stepped foot in her grandparent’s house in fifteen years. She should have never come back. Macy’s Grams is old and about to die. Feeling guilt from her mom and the respect she has for her already deceased grandfather, Macy goes back to a place she vowed never to go again. A pleasant memory of a warm summer day turns dark as Macy starts to realize there was always something very wrong with this part of her life. Her last visit to her grandparents’ house puts her face to face with an ancient evil that never wanted to let her go. Will she escape? Step into the portal and ...

If I stop, we don't exist. Shawn's wife Audrey is having a psychotic break, or atleast it seems that way. She keeps writing strange symbols into notebooks and won't stop to even go to the bathroom. She says she can't stop or the world they live in will cease to exist. She's not wrong, but it is so much worse than that. This is the 16th episode of The Night Portals Series season two finale. It is also told within The Pool Universe.

Originally published in Tales from the Canyons of the Damned #9 Maybe we have to die to experience this life. Walter Cartright is an obsessed man. His only obsession comes in the form of paper that are converted to ones and zeros on a bank statement. Walter has always been very good at gathering Ones, and Zeros. His son Eric comes to see him one day to ask Walter if he might part from some of his ones and zeros, and they have a long overdue conversation. A conversation that will make them both see that what they think of as reality is merely an exercise in perception. There is so much we ...

Walter never cared about his classmates. Until he was told he would never see them again. Walter has never fit in, and he has never really cared. When a mysterious man starts talking to him through his T.V. telling him that the world is going to end and he must prepare, he thinks that the kids who make fun of him might be right. He is a freak. Walter leads his mother and best friend Ariel to a bunker the man tells him to go to. A bunker that is supposed to save all of their lives. A task that seems simple enough but as they get closer, and the threat of the planet becomes imminent the task ...

What would you do if you were miles above the earth, and someone told you your whole family was dead? Night Portals is a metaphysical anthology series that explores the hidden secrets of life around us. Twelve "What If" short stories from the mind of Ernie Howard. Earthbase is the fourth story in the series. Loneliness creeps up on Burk as she floats miles above the Earth. The small blue dot in her field of vision is starting to annoy her and worry her. Scared she is losing her vision, she calls home and learns something bigger than she could ever imagine. Something that will change ...

Bus Stops are cold dark places at night. You never know whom you're going to encounter. Sometimes you find monsters, and sometimes the monster is you. Winter is bent on revenge. Someone has assaulted his girlfriend and he is going to teach a lesson. He has a gun and a plan. The lesson that will be taught won't necessarily be one for his foe. Don't miss out on this fast-paced thriller. One part, time travel story, one part ghost story.