The Upgrades
A city built on improvement. An eye that sees more than it should. A dark speculative thriller about surveillance, identity and the cost of becoming better.
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Psychological suspense · speculative fiction · lived experience
T C HowardStories that stay with you.
Dark, intimate fiction about technology, isolation and the things we fear losing—alongside compassionate writing about living with chronic pain.
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Three strands of writing connected by one concern: what it means to remain human when the body, the mind or the world begins to change.
Here With You
After nineteen days of silence, Hannah finds comfort in an app that always knows what to say—until support begins to look like control.
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Living With Chronic Pain
A grounded, compassionate guide written from experience, exploring understanding, coping and the difficult work of finding hope.
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Where unease meets empathy
T C Howard writes about connection, control, vulnerability and the unseen forces that shape ordinary lives.
The fiction is atmospheric and psychological, often placing intimate human fears against unsettling technology or altered realities. The non-fiction comes from a different direction but carries the same interest in interior experience: how people adapt, endure and preserve a sense of self.
FictionPsychological suspense, speculative ideas and quiet dread.
Non-fictionHonest, practical and compassionate writing from lived experience.
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The UpgradesCurrently in development.
Here With YouPolished and ready for submission.
New workFurther short fiction and project updates are coming soon.