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We are happy to introduce the latest book from C. L. Nichols. ​​ SPECULATIVE ENCOUNTERS is a collection of new stories from the slipstream. It is available in both paperback and eBook from Amazon. Check it out!

The slipstream combines science fiction, fantasy and horror then

plants the resulting blend into the potting soil of mainstream

fiction. The 17 speculative stories cross the boundaries of genre.

Is a lineman really transported to an alternate reality after a lightning strike or is he hallucinating?

When vampires steal a man’s wife, he follows to seek revenge with the assistance of a female

vampire who offers him eternity. Driving on a lonely country road at night, a man in a pickup sees

a woman’s bloody arm reach out from the shoulder of the two-lane blacktop road.

In the aftermath of a comet’s disintegration in Earth’s atmosphere, survivors must adapt – and

was that an actual comet that exploded?

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