Below is the cover of the Longer Worlds anthology, which will include my science fiction short story, “Four Quatrains of Revenge.” The cover was designed by Jim Keller.
Very happy to announce that my science fiction novelette “Four Quatrains of Revenge” has been purchased by Lightning Cellar Publications for their Longer Worlds anthology, edited by Kyle Aisteach. At over 12,000 words, this is the longest (non-novel or novella) story I’ve written. It’s about a man trying to rebuild […]
Publication news! My romantic fantasy short story “The Skeptical Lover” is now available in the October 2026 issue of Luminous Realms Magazine. Here’s a sneak peek: The Skeptical Lover by Karl El-Koura The week after his twenty-eighth birthday, Tim Clath began to lose his grip on reality. He manifested his […]
Publication news! My science fiction short story “The Storyteller Stone” is now available in the anthology Strange Tales of Space and Time, and my fantasy short story “The Gods Old and New” in the anthology Whispers from the Iron Cauldron, both published by Burial Books. Contents of the anthologies below, […]
Very happy to announce that you’ll be able to read my short story “The Skeptical Lover” in an upcoming issue of Luminous Realms Magazine. In the meantime, you can read my science fiction short story “The Tailor of Truth,” which was published in their September 2026 issue.
Publication news! My science fiction short story “The Tailor of Truth” is now available in the September 2026 issue of Luminous Realms Magazine. Here’s a sneak peek: The Tailor of Truth by Karl El-Koura His wife planned to enter the Martian branch of the Church of All Stars on her […]