Fish Swimming Backwards
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  • Time 4h 58m
  • Reads 125
  • Votes 15
  • Parts 42
  • Time 4h 58m
Complete, First published Jul 05, 2022
Keelin McConaughy is cursed. She's just one of many cases sweeping the city of Iasu. Not that it means much to Keelin, who sees it as just another pain added to her irritatingly sedentary life. But a chance encounter with an annoyingly extroverted winged boy named Ryuji forces her out of her shell and into a motley group of storyweavers aiming to join the illustrious Scrivener's Guild.

All of Keelin's dreams seem to be slowly falling into place, but she can't shake the feeling that the curse--and her overbearing mother--might stop her in her tracks before she can even begin to reach her lifelong goals.

A fantasy novel with a contemporary twist in the growing #AnimeLit subgenre!
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