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Karl El-Koura

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Karl El-Koura was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). He has published more than sixty short stories and articles. Karl holds a second-degree black belt in Okinawan Goju Ryu karate, is an avid commuter-cyclist, and works for the Canadian Federal Public Service.

He is the author of Ooter's Place and Other Stories of Fear Faith and Love, a collection of 13 of his best short stories (twelve previously published in magazines between 1998 and 2010, one exclusive to this collection).

Visit Karl's online home at http://www.ootersplace.com to discover more work by him and keep up-to-date with his latest news. ...more

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“Your Badge and Your Gun” in Acorns

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, Stephanie Alta still woke at […]

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	Father John VS the Zombies 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ooter's Place and Other Stories of Fear, Faith, and Love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postcards from Pluto 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Stories: A Series of Cosmic Adventures 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bishop John VS the Antichrist it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Last Adventure of Garrius Arilius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ooter's Place: A Sampler 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It was all about statistics and production figures.”
― Karl El-Koura, Spring Into SciFi : 2023 Edition

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Karl’s Quotes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: christianity, god, religion

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