About Me

Hi there! My name's JP Nicol and I'm a writer based in Wheaton, IL. I see storytelling as a means to consider big questions through an engaging medium. Few people will pick up a philosophy textbook for fun. But if that philosophy textbook has laser guns in it? They just might.

When I'm not writing, I'm regaling the bar I tend with riddles or discussing the nuances of empire at 1 AM. Sometimes I sword fight. In all cases, my love of old tales (especially Shakespeare) seeps into everything I touch.

Follow me on Instagram! @j.p.nicol

What's Served

Short Stories

What's Cooking

Dross

One Over Zero

The Polemarch

Not Our Stars

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