Speculative Encounters: New Stories from the Slipstream

by C.L. Nichols

Speculative fiction stories from C. L. Nichols In "Jump!" a lineman is transported to an alternate reality after a lightning strike, or is it only an hallucination? Someone awakens to find handwriting actually within his concrete bedroom floor in "The Silent Chatter." A man's wife is turned by a group of vampires; he follows and teams up with a female vampire to find them in "Till Death Do Us Part." Other speculativve stories explore the unusual and bizarre environment of the slipstream. Added bonuses include selections from novels by C. L. Nichols for your enjoyment.

164 pages, Paperback

Published February 3, 2020

About the author

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BEASTLY WINTER
Episode-by-episode on KDP Vella
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SCHIZOGENESIS

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GZT3FLS

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SPECULATIVE ENCOUNTERS:
New Stories from the Slipstream

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DGQ594
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084HGH5KL

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REMNANTS
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MY GUITAR BOOK COMPLETE
4 Books in 1!

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C. L. Nichols is retired from a career as a Computer Applications Programmer/Analyst in various levels of government. For many
, he played rhythm guitar and bass guitar in rock, country, and variety bar bands, and now plays in his church band for Sunday services.

C. L. Nichols writes Speculative Fiction. He has published many short stories and poems, and has multiple novels in progress. Poetry includes "The Lady in the the Wishing Well," published in Heliocentric Net. Short stories include "Jump!" and "SILENCE, She Screamed." He is currently working on the novels Remnants and Dead of Winter.


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Reviews

[Pat Hauldren · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice collection of Speculative Fiction stories edited by C. L. Nichols, an excellent writer himself. I highly recommend this book for a fun read.

[Cate Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

SPECULATIVE ENCOUNTERS by C. L. Nichols is an excellent collection of stories that cross many genres. Some are science fiction, some are horror, some are speculative in nature but not easily categorized. Several are mainstream with speculative leanings. I truly enjoyed the short stories in this volume and look forward to reading more from this author. I also look forward to the novel excerpted here, REMNANTS, a post-apocalyptic novel written in the multi-character style of Stephen King. I don't know if this is available on Amazon, or if he is still working on it. DEAD OF WINTER also looks to be very good.

[Cate Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is full of great and entertaining (although some are dark and spooky!) stories. I especially enjoyed the bonus first chapter of REMNANTS, a Stephen King multicharacter post-apocalyptic novel. I look forward to reading it soon!