The Cursed Library
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What happens when something that wasn't supposed to exist starts existing?
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Swara's passion of writing takes a backseat when she suddenly becomes the sole breadwinner of the family. Her story put on hold for many months as her love for writing cannot fill their stomachs.
Just when she thinks she would never get to finish her story, she gets a call. A call for a job at a library. A Library that wasn't supposed to exist. A Library that was cursed. A Library that was only meant for pages of Swara's diary.
A Library, whose Story Swara had left unfinished.
A story which was a mess, with no clear plot or ending. A story whose characters were bearing the brunt of the library's curse without knowing the reason or cure. A story that was supposed to remain a story.
What will happen when the characters of that story come alive?
What will happen when Swara realises that her characters were living people, who were facing the backlash of her messy story?
What will happen when the characters find out who Swara is?
What will happen when the characters end up meeting their creator?
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Dive inside the story to find out What happens when Fiction Meets Reality.
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