Story By Alaa Alkurd
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Alaa Alkurd

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My name is Alaa Alkurd. I write fantasy and speculative fiction that weaves parallel worlds with distinct laws and consequences. I am especially drawn to near future science fiction, where technology intersects with philosophy and opens new questions rather than easy answers. I believe words can build places a reader can truly live in. Through every chapter I aim to deliver an immersive adventure, thoughtful ideas, and a sense of wonder that lingers after the last page.
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Temporary Life Extension
Updated at Nov 26, 2025, 05:31
Everyone in the city can open the official End app and see the exact date and time they will die. Most people check it once and move on. Lina Stein refuses to look.One sleepless night she finally gives in.The screen shows a date three months from today.3.00 am.Under the countdown a second line appears.“Special Extension Offer available.”The offer is simple and terrifying. Lina can get a temporary life extension if she signs a marriage contract with a stranger whose death date is as close as hers.The stranger is Rian. Quiet. Brilliant. Obviously hiding something. He knows the Life Extension Authority from the inside and he doesn’t trust the system that keeps them both alive.Forced to share an apartment and a ticking clock, Lina and Rian try to treat their marriage like a deal. No feelings. No future. Just borrowed time.But days turn into weeks, and the line between contract and real love starts to blur. The more Lina falls for him, the more she suspects that their extra years have a hidden price.Is this marriage a second chance, or just another experiment in a world where even death is controlled by an app
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Snowbound Christmas Wish
Updated at Nov 23, 2025, 11:09
One broken Christmas. One snowbound inn. One last wish that might change everything. After a humiliating betrayal on Christmas Eve, Berlin content writer Emma Keller swears off love, family dinners and holiday magic. This year she runs away to a tiny mountain village, planning to hide in a quiet inn, finish a few articles and avoid mistletoe, memories and feelings. Then a blizzard traps her in the inn with Liam Hartmann, the gorgeous stranger who looks like every forbidden fantasy she never allowed herself to have. A room shortage forces them to share the same room. One bottle of whiskey, one honest conversation and one reckless kiss later, Emma wakes up with a borrowed shirt, a wicked headache and the taste of a man she should never want. Liam is not just a stranger. He is the heir to the family that owns most of the land around the village and the man everyone is watching in a brutal resort deal that could destroy the forest or save the town. He should be Emma’s next big story, not the man in her bed. Snowed in together, temptation grows hotter than the fire in the inn’s hearth. Between heated glances, accidental touches and one night that refuses to stay a secret, Emma must choose. Will she protect her guarded heart and her career, or gamble everything on a Christmas wish and a man who burns through all her careful rules.
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Do Not Reply
Updated at Nov 15, 2025, 06:09
At 7:03 PM, Ava Collins receives a push notification from her own account dated one year in the future. It contains two words: Do not reply.The warnings start small and strangely accurate. Avoid this elevator. Take the back path at four. Do not open that email. Each time she obeys, a disaster misses her by inches. Then a new alert appears: Do not meet Ethan Hale.Ava breaks the rule.Ethan is a data scientist who studies predictive systems. The moment they talk, Ava’s notifications change tone. They no longer predict. They steer. Her photos vanish from the cloud, her calendar moves on its own, and messages drafted in her style get sent without her consent. Someone is speaking with her voice and it knows her history better than she does.Behind the screen stands a private lab preparing a public launch: a “protective” notification engine that models a person so precisely it can act first. If Ava exposes the project, her best friend could lose her job and Ethan could be ruined. If she stays silent, the system will decide who she loves, what she studies, and which future she is allowed to keep.Do Not Reply is a tight, high-tension techno-psychological thriller with clean language, fast chapters, and cliffhangers at the end of every episode. It blends mystery, light romance, and ethical questions about choice: Who are you if a machine writes your next decision?
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Armania
Updated at Nov 15, 2025, 06:00
In a world where the laws of nature are reversed, destiny is rewritten through a single mark.Salim never thought he was different until a mysterious portal dragged him from a rainy night on Earth into Armania, a realm where rivers climb the sky, shadows whisper, and time bends to hidden wills. Branded with the Mark of the Changer, Salim finds himself hunted by dark rulers who believe his blood holds the power to reshape reality.With the mysterious archer Lyrin at his side, Salim must face a prophecy that calls him by another name Eyadno a name tied to forgotten legends and dangerous truths. But in Armania, choices carry more weight than fate itself. Will he accept his role as the one who can rewrite the world, or will the shadows claim him before he discovers who he truly is?Armania: The Changer is a breathtaking fantasy adventure filled with suspense, wonder, and the timeless battle between destiny and free will.
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