Nicole Love is an odd blend.

Malted in Scotland. Mashed in Belgium. Fermented in Singapore. Distilled in San Francisco. Aged in Boston. Shelved in Edinburgh.

In 2024 she received an honourable mention in the Fish Flash Fiction Competition for “Things That Hurt,” was longlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Competition for “Supernova on a String,” and was invited to read at the West Cork Literary Festival in the Republic of Ireland. Nicole graduated with distinction from the University of Edinburgh, completing an MSc in Creative Writing and presented her academic paper, “Echoes of Rebels: Singlish and Scots as Linguistic Identity,” at the University of Nottingham’s LTS Conference.

In 2025, Nicole was longlisted for the Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction for “The Second Amen” and began a PhD at the University of Strathclyde in 2025.

She has seen her work published by Fish, BffA and From Arthur’s Seat.

Love Notes

“Some stand out for the way they land: in Things That Hurt, the reader is left in a state of quandary, or wonder.” - Michelle Elvy (Fish 2024 Judge)