Wendy Nikel
Space explorer, time traveler, wanderer of eerie places
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Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author with a degree in elementary education, a fondness for road trips, and a terrible habit of forgetting where she's left her cup of tea. Her series of time travel novellas, beginning with THE CONTINUUM, is now available from World Weaver Press. For more info, visit wendynikel.com
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Inertia
Published Sep 14, 2020 · 864 words (4 minutes) · 33 views
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When a couple is paired off in an intergalactic project, they must face an unexpected disaster together.
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Indispensable
Published Aug 13, 2020 · 1,007 words (4 minutes) · 70 views
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An office worker has to decide whether to allow her company to create an AI version of her to replace her.
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An Examination of the Trash Recovered at Armstrong Lunar Park
Published Jul 20, 2020 · 943 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 273 views
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During a government shutdown, one ranger at a lunar park takes it upon themselves to continue clean-up.
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Stardust
Published Jun 15, 2020 · 997 words (4 minutes) · 154 views
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When the inventor of a space elevator dies of in an epidemic, her family says goodbye to her in an unusual way.
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All the Days We Can't Leave Behind
Published Apr 17, 2020 · 873 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 285 views
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When a tragedy is “rewound” with the help of time travel, a couple finds they still must cope with the emotions it brings.
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Always Let Your Dragon Fly First Class
Published Mar 19, 2020 · 1,706 words (7 minutes) · 220 views
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It isn’t easy taking a dragon on vacation…
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I'm Sorry I Couldn't Make it True
Published Feb 11, 2020 · 1,983 words (8 minutes) · 1 like · 269 views
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A teen uses her brother’s time travel machine to try to “fix” her one big regret.
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Questions Posed in an Alien Tongue
Published Jan 15, 2020 · 1,286 words (5 minutes) · 4 likes · 625 views
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At age five, she survived a crash landing on an alien planet. At age twenty, she's charged with learning what brought her ship here. But the answers may permanently change her relationship with her keepers—or are they her captors?
Wendy Nikel, tea aficionado and flash fiction expert, has published dozens of short stories in venues such as Nature Futures, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. Her time travel novella, THE CONTINUUM, is now available from World Weaver Press.
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The Mature Starlet's Guide to Making a Comeback
Published Dec 3, 2019 · 982 words (4 minutes) · 266 views
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When it comes to getting a second chance at life, Eleanor Ridgeway doesn’t fight fair.
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#blessed
Published Nov 10, 2019 · 811 words (3 minutes) · 278 views
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A new mom gets caught up in the world of social media.
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