The Angel of Khan el-Khalili

eBook, 32 pages

English language

Published by tor.com.

3 stars (1 review)

A girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being.

This story first appeared in the anthology Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt.

2 editions

On telling the painful truth to get a miracle cure.

3 stars

Set in a Cairo where djinns and angels from another dimension have appeared in our world, the story concerns a girl who goes to an angel looking for a miracle that can save her badly burned sister, the result of a fire at a clothing factory where they were working. But the angel, known only as Seeker, seeks the truth in return and gradually draws out the painful truth behind her desire for the miracle. Is it to save her sister, or to save herself?