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Short Fiction Bibliography
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"A Modern Fairy Tale"
(700 words)
- published in Issue 2, Volume 5 (Winter 1996) of The Patrician.
- reprinted in Issue 2, Volume 1 (October 2003) of Flash Me Magazine.
"An Important
Lesson"
(500 words)
- published as a feature story at millenniumSHIFT.
"At War"
(3200 words)
- published in the Premiere Issue of Staffs & Starships.
- in a review published in SFReader.com, Robert J. Santa writes of "At War": "This is a Bradbury-esque piece well worth the lead spot in a new publication."
"Atheists Against God and the Devil of Destruction"
(3800 words)
- published in Fear and Trembling under the title Confession.
"Better Than One?"
(3800 words)
- published as Editor's Extra #1 (January 2002) at Anotherealm. Editor's Extras are stories selected by the editor as gifts to Anotherealm readers.
"Beware the Weeble"
(1000 words)
- published in Issue 24, Volume 3 (June/July 2001) of Futures Magazine.
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"Candor's Dragon"
(3500 words)
- published in Issue 6 (March 2000) of Planet Relish E-zine under the title "In Defense of Candor".
- reprinted in Volume Twelve (Spring 2001) of Peridot Books.
- listen to Karl read this story at tellyouatale.com.
"The
Clickety-Clacketies"
(2600 words)
- published in Volume 1, Issue 3 (Winter 2006) of Tales of the Talisman.
"Collision Course"
(5800 words)
- published in the June 2004 issue of Quantum Muse.
"Confession"
"Corpse
Of My Life"
(1200 words)
- published in Issue 2, Volume 2 (March 2004) of Scared Naked Magazine.
"Counting Corpses"
(120 words)
- published in the charitable e-anthology Shadow Box (Halloween 2005).
- In a review of the anthology published on Tangent Online, Jason Fischer writes of "Counting Corpses": "A clever short (perhaps a bit too cute for some people's taste), El-Koura gives us a bizarre scenario; the old count the young dead after a skirmish, an accurate count being the only way to decide the winner. Funny but in an eye-rolling way." (Hey, funny's funny.)
- cover story in Volume 12, Issue 4 (Spring 2006) of Storyteller.
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"Death of an Apostle"
(4200 words)
- published in Vol. 1 No. 2 (Winter 2001) of GateWay S-F Magazine (on-line edition).
- reprinted in Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring 2001) of GateWay S-F Magazine (print edition).
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"Everybody Smiles At You"
(4900 words)
- published in Issue #3 (December 2003) of Neverary.
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"The
Flying Dutchman"
(3000 words)
- published in Issue Three (October to December 2004) of SDO Ghost.
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"How You Die"
(1700 words)
- published in Issue 2 (Spring 2005) of Surreal Magazine.
- In a review of this issue published on Tangent Online, Lindsay Lloyd writes: "Karl El-Koura's short shock "How You Die" proves there's no suspense more delicious than those involving boys telling horror stories by candlelight [...] The tension builds steadily into the wonderful climax and I could easily see this making a leap into the verbal horror tradition that spawned it."
(2000 words)
- published in the third issue of Fictitious Force.
(1500 words)
- published in eVolume Two, Issue One (June 2006) of Susurrus.
"I Believe, I
Believe, I Believe"
(500 words)
- published in the May 2000 issue of Mocha Memoirs.
"In Defense of Candor"
- see Candor's Dragon.
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"(The) Kedari Virus"
(7000
words)
- published in Issue 9 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
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"(The) 'Lost' Stories ... a series of coSmic events"
- see The "Lost" Stories.
"Love Hurts"
(1400 words)
- published in Issue 3, Volume 1 (July 2003) of Scared Naked Magazine.
- reprinted in Project M. Zine's P-A-N issue (Edition 0.08, September 2004).
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"(A) Magic Box"
(3800 words)
- scheduled to be published in the June issue of the Writers Post Journal.
"Making Simbta"
(2400 words)
- cover story in Volume 13, Issue 2 of Storyteller.
"(The)
Man Who Mistook Himself for a
Superhero"
(7500 words)
- published in the Number 18 (July 2004) issue of Challenging Destiny.
"Merchant of the
Gods"
(3800 words)
- published in Vol. 2 No. 23 (September 2000) of Anotherealm.
- reprinted in the print anthology Anotherealm Best #3.
"Misplaced Reality"
(4000 words)
- published in Issue 149 (July 2000) of SpaceWays Weekly.
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"No
More Robots"
(1900 words)
- published in Issue #7 (Fall 2004) of Quantum Barbarian.
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"One Drop at a Time"
(3800 words)
- published in Issue #7 (October 2004) of Neverary.
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"(The) Painted World"
(1800 words)
- published in Issue 2, Volume 3 (February 2001) of Muse It Magazine.
"Paradise, Inc."
(1900 words)
- published in Issue 4 of This Way Up.
"Phantom
Spouse Syndrome"
(2000 words)
- published in the anthology Cold Glass Pain in February 2005 as an eBook and in March 2005 as a trade paperback.
"Postcards
From
Pluto"
(1100 words)
- published in the Premiere Issue (October/November 2001) of Future Orbits.
"Purpose"
(3300 words)
- published in Volume Eleven (Winter 2001) of Peridot Books.
"(The)
Pursuit of Garrius Arilius"
(7900 words)
- published in Issue 5, Volume 2 (February 2004) of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine.
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"Robbie Can't Play"
(1700 words)
- published in the Volume 2, Issue 3 (Summer 2005) of The SiNK.
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"Sins of the Father,
Sins of the Son"
(3300 words)
- published in Volume Twenty-One (Spring 2004) of Peridot Books.
"Spacegames"
(4700 words)
- published in Volume Twenty-Two (Fall 2004) of Peridot Books.
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"(The) Terminal
Program"
(1900 words)
- published in the January 2001 issue of [Magazine name suppressed due to breach of contract].
"They Came From
Ooter's Place"
(1500 words)
- Karl's first sale!
- published in Issue 29 (March 1998) of SpaceWays Weekly.
- reprinted in The Annual Best of SpaceWays Weekly 1998 (March 1999) after the readers of SpaceWays selected it as one of the best stories of the year.
- you can read the full text of this story right here on this website.
"This Mortal Coil"
(4900 words)
- published in Issue 3 (Lairë [Summer] 2004) of Parageography.
"The Thwarted Invasion of the Ungton Empire"
(2500 words)
- scheduled to be published in Issue 5 (June/July) of Scifantastic.
(250 words)
- published in the August 2004 issue of Monthly Short Stories.
"True
Love"
(950 words)
- published in Volume 1, Issue 2 (Winter 2004) of Gryphonwood.
"(The) Truth About Edward and Wormwood"
(6900 words)
- published in the Number 11 (December 2000) issue of Challenging Destiny.
- In a review of this issue published on Tangent Online, David L. Felts writes: "Algie [the main character in 'Truth'] is a likable character; pragmatic but fun and rather wry. I wouldn't mind encountering him again."
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"(The) Ugly Duckling"
(3000 words)
- published in the March 2002 issue of The Palace of Reason.
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"Variable Death"
(100 words)
- published in Issue Six Hundred Fifty Four (August 5 2004) of FLASHSHOT.
"Village of the Darned"
(3600 words)
- listen to Karl read this Editor's Choice story at tellyouatale.com. Tale length: 17 mins.
- In his newsletter to subscribers, editor Bernard Thomas wrote, "Karl El-Koura, from Canada, reads his own short story, Village of the Darned, which I loved and I'm sure you will too. A great story, very funny and excellently read."
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"When You Zoom Out"
(3200 words)
- published in the Premier Issue (q2 2005 - vol 1 num 1) of nanobison.
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