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In Silence Waiting: A Science Fiction Short Story Kindle Edition

by Nikki McCormack (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.9 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

A science fiction short story by Nikki McCormack.

* Semi-finalist in the Writers of the Future competition. *

The New Gobi desert is a dangerous place. The only way to cross safely is with guided caravans using genetically engineered slaves called cynta, creatures designed to sense the dangers of the desert. When tragedy strikes partway through the crossing, the surviving members of the caravan find their fate hanging precariously in the claws of a shackled cynta.

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  1. Print length
    31 pages
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    November 18, 2014
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About the Author

Nikki started writing her first novel at the age of 12, which she still has tucked in a briefcase in her home office. She now lives in the magnificent Pacific Northwest tending to her sweet horse, two manipulative cats, and a crazy dog. She feeds her imagination by sitting on the ocean in her kayak gazing out across the never-ending water or hanging from a rope in a cave, embraced by darkness and the sound of dripping water. She finds peace through practicing iaido or shooting her longbow.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PUWRUV0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elysium Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2014
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.3 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 31 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Nikki McCormack

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NOTE: No generative artificial intelligence (A.I.) or predictive language software has been or will be used in any part of the creation of my books.

Outside of my career as an author, I am a professional technical and creative writer, spider wrangler, animal lover, and devoted cat mom. Writing fantasy and science fiction stories has been a lifelong passion for me. I love to include in my work the diversity I see around me and draw upon my myriad life experiences doing everything from wild cave exploration and competitive horseback endurance riding to practicing iaido and archery.

Grand Prize Winner of 2015 Dante Rossetti Award for Young Adult Fiction for The Girl and the Clockwork Cat

Finalist in the 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for The Keeper

Finalist in the 2016 Cygnus Award for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction for Dissident

Writers of the Future finalist with the short story In Silence Waiting.

Visit my website at elysiumpalace . com to learn more about my writing and read the first chapter of any of my books.

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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars has become one of my favorite stories ever
    Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2014
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    I don't often read short stories that affect me to the point where they stay inside me, coming back at odd times to remind me of....something, many things. That's usually the role of novels in my reading experience. This book, In Silence Waiting, has become one of my favorite stories ever. The setting is bleak and beautiful and fully imagined by the author. Her depth of creative empathy for the people/creatures called the Cynta is superb. A fascinating story, somewhat science fiction, excellent characters.It was so easy to just fall into this world. Nikki McCormack does an outstanding job of bringing all aspects of this world to life. The very second I was done reading the book, I wanted more, still do!
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  • Carl Spitzer
    5.0 out of 5 stars I fell in Love with the female lead!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024
    Format: Kindle
    Outstanding! A surprise find for me, and I wil be looking to read more by Nikki McCormack. An interesting story of the best and the worst of humankind. One of the big questions of this day is what is our 'advanced' knowledge creating, and once created, can we control it like we think we want to? The short story poses these questions well.
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  • Absynthe
    4.0 out of 5 stars In anticipation waiting...
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014
    Format: Kindle
    Having read (and loved) her novel "The Girl and the Clockwork Cat", I was kind of expecting this to be a Steampunk themed story. It's straight-up science fiction in the most wonderful way. Speculative, exploratory, and beautifully written. The story resonates with classic themes and a compelling narrative, and you find yourself immersed from the first paragraph.
    I finished the story all too quickly, and I want to know more about the cynta, their world, and about the humans they've been created - and subsequently enslaved - by.
    I truly hope Ms. McCormack either expands this story into a novel, or at least explores this world more: she has given a small glimpse into another world that leaves me wanting to see much, much more.
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