author
H. L. Nichols
A largely elusive early science-fiction writer, remembered today for the futuristic tale Yesterday’s Revenge. The surviving record is thin, which only adds a little mystery to this pulp-era byline.
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Yesterday's Revenge
by H. L. Nichols
About the author
Very little biographical information about H. L. Nichols appears to be firmly documented in widely accessible sources. What can be confirmed is that the name is attached to Yesterday’s Revenge, a science-fiction work later preserved by Project Gutenberg from its appearance in Comet magazine in January 1941.
That places Nichols among the many magazine-era writers whose fiction outlived the personal details of their lives. The work itself points to classic early sci-fi interests—technology, power, conflict, and imagined futures—and gives modern readers a glimpse of the energetic pulp tradition that helped shape the genre.
Because reliable public information is so limited, H. L. Nichols is best introduced through the surviving story rather than through a detailed life history. For listeners drawn to forgotten corners of vintage science fiction, that scarcity can be part of the appeal.