As announced earlier, On Spec bought my science fiction story “One Hand Washes the Other.” Normally that would be cause to celebrate, but in this case it was bittersweet as I learned that “One Hand Washes the Other” would not only be my second story to appear in On Spec, […]
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Very happy to announce that Nathan W. Toronto, editor of Bullet Points, has purchased reprint rights to my story “After the War” (which was first published in the lamentably defunct Daily Science Fiction on December 23, 2022). More soon!
My very short science fiction story “Your Badge and Your Gun” (which explores themes of AI and creative writing) has been published by Hollow Oak Press as an Acorns Flash Fiction Feature. Here’s a sneak peek: Your Badge and Your Gun by Karl El-Koura Although she hadn’t written in months, […]
This is a bittersweet post. First, the sweet: On Spec holds a special place in my writer’s heart because it was one of the very first magazines I tried to sell a story to (way back in, ahem, 1996). In 2023, I finally sold them my story “Salvation of the […]
Story sale news! Hollow Oak Press will be publishing my science fiction short story “Your Badge and Your Gun” (which explores themes of AI and creative writing) as a flash fiction feature on Acorns. My story is scheduled for publication on Friday, November 14th!
I debated between an exclamation mark and interrogation point in the header to this post, and settled on the latter as the more humble choice. It doesn’t mean that I’m not excited that the NewMyths.com editors have nominated my story “The Book Traveler” to their Readers’ Choice 2025 ballot! If […]