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 look up that reference—there, everyone got it at the same time. Splendid.

In the previous room we surveyed the beginnings of democracy up to how several factors pushed democratic nations to question the foundations of their political systems. Each began looking for a better way to choose their leaders rather than allow anyone who had advanced sufficiently chronologically to cast a ballot.

Keep reading at foofaraw.