Wendy Nikel
@wendynikel.bsky.social
Sci-fi & Fantasy Writer. Book cover designer. Member of SFWA & Codex.
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This planet is strange. You can feel it. All the crew report it. Maybe it will be better once the airlock is open and we can step out onto the surface. But there’s definitely something here. Calling. Reaching out. Is it a welcome?
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The singular proposition of trees
Staying in sync.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This planet is strange. You can feel it. All the crew report it. Maybe it will be better once the airlock is open and we can step out onto the surface. But there’s definitely something here. Calling. Reaching out. Is it a welcome?
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Punny closer to September: In “The Forest Through the Teas,” author Wendy Nikel goes all in on the wordplay to give Grandma Hyacinth a distinct voices. Check it out now on FFO!
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #cozy #fantasy
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#flashfiction #writingcommunity #cozy #fantasy
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The Forest Through the Teas
Walking into the Ninety-Fifth Annual Ladies’ Mysticality Society Tea Party with her granddaughter at her side, Hyacinth Gartner had never felt prouder.Her granddaughter had never looked more misera…
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September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Punny closer to September: In “The Forest Through the Teas,” author Wendy Nikel goes all in on the wordplay to give Grandma Hyacinth a distinct voices. Check it out now on FFO!
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #cozy #fantasy
@wendynikel.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #cozy #fantasy
@wendynikel.bsky.social
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It’s nearly time for the holidays, and this time it’s going to be different. This time, the issue will be resolved. I have it all planned out. He will be comfortable. He will be safe. All I need to do is keep digging this hole.
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Digging foxholes in the dark
A safe place.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s nearly time for the holidays, and this time it’s going to be different. This time, the issue will be resolved. I have it all planned out. He will be comfortable. He will be safe. All I need to do is keep digging this hole.
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It worked for the rabbit.
It worked for the gerbil.
So there was no reason it wouldn’t work for you.
Just a short hop into the future and then meet up in time for tea.
Why would anything go wrong?
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It worked for the gerbil.
So there was no reason it wouldn’t work for you.
Just a short hop into the future and then meet up in time for tea.
Why would anything go wrong?
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I’ll burn this bridge when you get here
Just passing time.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:54 PM
It worked for the rabbit.
It worked for the gerbil.
So there was no reason it wouldn’t work for you.
Just a short hop into the future and then meet up in time for tea.
Why would anything go wrong?
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It worked for the gerbil.
So there was no reason it wouldn’t work for you.
Just a short hop into the future and then meet up in time for tea.
Why would anything go wrong?
#scifi by @wendynikel.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
First in SciFi is featuring the audiobook of my time travel novella today. Check it out! - www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
The Continuum by Wendy Nikel
In this episode we present the first chapter of The Continuum, a time travel thriller written by Wendy Nikel and narrated by Jennifer Stoneking
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March 21, 2024 at 1:15 PM
First in SciFi is featuring the audiobook of my time travel novella today. Check it out! - www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
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It includes the amazing work of @keychild.bsky.social, @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @wendynikel.bsky.social, and many more! 🪲
January 29, 2024 at 5:35 PM
It includes the amazing work of @keychild.bsky.social, @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @wendynikel.bsky.social, and many more! 🪲
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Don't listen to the whispers. That's how the ghosts get you. Join us today for "Whispers of Ascension" by @wendynikel.bsky.social:
"Nobody tells you about the ghosts. Not the travel agent, who books the flights and arranges the base camp accommodations."
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"Nobody tells you about the ghosts. Not the travel agent, who books the flights and arranges the base camp accommodations."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/whispe...
January 15, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Don't listen to the whispers. That's how the ghosts get you. Join us today for "Whispers of Ascension" by @wendynikel.bsky.social:
"Nobody tells you about the ghosts. Not the travel agent, who books the flights and arranges the base camp accommodations."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/whispe...
"Nobody tells you about the ghosts. Not the travel agent, who books the flights and arranges the base camp accommodations."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/whispe...
NEW BOOK DAY! Wrapping up the year with another short story collection (and if you check out the other books in the series, you just may find a couple free ones today!)
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December 31, 2023 at 2:37 PM
NEW BOOK DAY! Wrapping up the year with another short story collection (and if you check out the other books in the series, you just may find a couple free ones today!)
mybook.to/legendaryves...
mybook.to/legendaryves...
Hello, Bluesky! By way of introduction, here's some things I've been working on lately!
SHATTERED CITIES: 12 POST-APOCALYPTIC SHORT STORIES, the 8th book in my collection of short story collections, is now available to preorder for Oct 31!
mybook.to/shatteredcit...
SHATTERED CITIES: 12 POST-APOCALYPTIC SHORT STORIES, the 8th book in my collection of short story collections, is now available to preorder for Oct 31!
mybook.to/shatteredcit...
October 23, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Hello, Bluesky! By way of introduction, here's some things I've been working on lately!
SHATTERED CITIES: 12 POST-APOCALYPTIC SHORT STORIES, the 8th book in my collection of short story collections, is now available to preorder for Oct 31!
mybook.to/shatteredcit...
SHATTERED CITIES: 12 POST-APOCALYPTIC SHORT STORIES, the 8th book in my collection of short story collections, is now available to preorder for Oct 31!
mybook.to/shatteredcit...
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An open letter to SFWA has been penned to request the creation of a distinct Nebula Award for genre flash fiction (microfiction, drabbles, anything up to 1500 words).
The accompanying signature sheet is open to anyone who would like to see this happen.
The accompanying signature sheet is open to anyone who would like to see this happen.
Nebula Award for Flash Fiction
Dear members of the SFWA Short Fiction Committee, SFWA Awards Rules Committee, SFWA Board, and Nebula Awards Commissioner, Flash fiction, short-short fiction, drabbles, dribbles, and other forms of v...
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October 22, 2023 at 1:27 AM
An open letter to SFWA has been penned to request the creation of a distinct Nebula Award for genre flash fiction (microfiction, drabbles, anything up to 1500 words).
The accompanying signature sheet is open to anyone who would like to see this happen.
The accompanying signature sheet is open to anyone who would like to see this happen.