Nicole Evans is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. She is currently unpublished and is working fervently to get the "un" removed from that statement. With seven books under her belt and more on the way, she loves to write about destined heroes who fail anyway, twisting classic tropes on their heads, animals who feel more like people and, hopefully, about characters and worlds for you to have an opinion about. She really can't wait for you to read these stories. Considering she has run out of space for putting rejections letters up on her wall, Nicole now uses her spare time doing the typical things that nerds do: blogging, dying repeatedly during video games (which she believes is retribution for the characters' she's killed), wishing she was the character she is currently reading about and trying to fight off the real world by living in her own head, with varying degrees of success. Nicole has a degree in Creative Writing and a minor in Film and Media Studies, and works as an an academic advisor by day and a SFF editor by night.
Level of Concern — Twenty One Pilots Nord Mead — Miracle of Sound What Goes Around Comes Around Cover — Alesana We sat in a room filled to the brim with nothing that mattered and I could only stare at the iridescent lights that shone off the reflection of her metallic face, washing it in … More The Cost of Betrayal
There’s only so many times you can wake up to the chaotic cacophony of war; the strident, singing shots of gunfire and the screams of dying souls before you learn to hate it. For Kaetheia, it only took one morning—one morning that turned into 25 years, thanks to the contract she wore chained around her … More A Slinger’s Bane
“She isn’t wearing a corset tonight,” Liam said. “Well how is that supposed to count?” I complained, glancing over towards Lady Duberry. “She never does.” A couple walked in front of us, obviously not deep enough in their wine cups yet, for they looked us in the eye, forcing Liam to swallow whatever response he … More Some Truths and A Lie
I’ve always suffered from bad dreams. I’m not sure where the suffering came from—or used to come from, rather. But memories from my childhood aren’t complete without remembering the night terrors, without vivid recollections waking up with a cold sweat, the shakes, only being able to wake up at all because of the screaming. I … More A Spider’s Warning
She expected to die by a gunshot, but it still came as a surprise as she felt the bullet impact mere seconds before her head turned off. Instead of everything turning dark, she saw bright, white light traveling at her, faster and faster—or perhaps she was traveling towards it. She didn’t have the brain capacity … More The World She Knew
The day he realized everything was outside of his control was the day he decided to change. To hide. What else could he do, after learning he was trapped inside a globe? He wasn’t sure exactly how he found out. In fact, he wasn’t quite sure of anything. He couldn’t remember his past and had … More Inside the Globe
As the shouts from the room below shook her floorboards, Ella curled up tightly in her bed, her hands cuffed around her ears, pulling the tips of them in, as if that could shield her from the her parents’ fighting. She didn’t want to get up. She didn’t want them to notice her, didn’t want … More The Window’s Archway
“It’s today, it’s today, it’s today!” He sighed as he watched her run around in circles, unable to contain her excitement, to the point where she could no longer sit still. Or stand still. She’d been running in circles for so long, he worried she was going to wear through the rug that had been … More Welcome To The Surface World
In the end, he thought it had been rather easy. Sure, it had taken months for him to pull off his latest heist. Sure, it’d been the most complicated one he’d ever come up with, in theory. When a heist involved waiting for a solar eclipse, stealing an interplanetary planer jet, haggling with the oldest … More The Use of Shadows
Saturdays were her favorite days, but not because it meant she didn’t have to go to school or her parents were home from work, so she wasn’t stuck with the babysitter who smelled funny. Mina loved it because, every Saturday, her family took a trip to the Museum of What Once Was. She didn’t mind … More Museum of What Once Was
“Do you really have to read that thing aloud?” She looked over the edge of her book, still in awe that she actually found one amongst the wreckage, and continued reading, “This is a terrible, horrible, incredibly foolish idea.” She slammed the book closed. “Let’s do it and see what happens.” Keel snorted. “You don’t … More The Emotions of Humans
As my fingers switched from being so numb, I couldn’t feel them, to such excruciating pain, they were the only thing I could feel, I cursed, not for the first time, the choices I’d made in my youth. It’d made sense, back then. Everyone else my age was either a bully or boring, and I … More Hello, There
Muse in Pocket, Pen in Hand 