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.
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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 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 […]
My flash fiction piece “The Evolution of Democracy in Four Walls” is live at foofaraw! Here’s a sneak peek: The Evolution of Democracy in Four Walls by Karl El-Koura Come in, everyone. Closer! I don’t bite, though my ancestors were made of bytes. I’ll pause for a second while you […]
Story sale news! Flash Point SF has selected my story “Remember-Me-Not” as their final story of 2024 (it will be published on December 27, I understand). This will be my second appearance there: Flash Point published my story “Heaven Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be” on July 16, 2021 […]
My science fiction short story “The Mind-Meld” will be appearing in the Cloaked Press anthology Spring Into SciFi 2023. I understand publication is slated for the end of March this year. I’m very glad to have a sophomore appearance with Cloaked Press; my story “Macbeth Undone” appeared in the previous […]