My funny (I hope) piece of flash fiction “Heaven Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be” is available to read at Flash Point SF! Heaven Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be by Karl El-Koura I’m not the kind of person to complain—I never was. But now that I’m dead, […]
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My story “Ali Knows the Future” is today’s featured story at Daily Science Fiction! Ali Knows the Future by Karl El-Koura Their four-year-old daughter came home from school saying, “Ali knows the future.” Her father, Bruce Palimani, busy forming meatballs for dinner, said, “No one knows the future, my heart.” […]
As much as I enjoy the scope and the power to immerse oneself in the world and characters of a novel, there’s something special about being able to read an entire story in one sitting. That’s why I love reading and writing short stories, and there’s a special place in […]
Flash Point SF has bought my 500-word story, “Heaven Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be.” This little literary jab is about a man who isn’t happy with the after-life . . . and doesn’t seem to get what the problem is. I’m particularly excited about this sale because I […]
Very happy to report that Daily Science Fiction has bought my short story “Ali Knows the Future,” which I wrote after our daughter said that her friend from preschool could predict the future, and I started to wonder if he actually could. This will be my third appearance at Daily […]
My story “Stevenson’s Planet” is now available in Issue 31 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine. You can buy your own copy! This is my third appearance in Neo-opsis, following “The Kedari Virus” in Issue 9 (way back in 2006) and “You Just Proved Title Advertising Works” in Issue 26 (2016). […]