The Dublin Bookseller Who Tucked a Note into Every Book You Borrowed
KieranThis one… took me three weeks to write. You can read it at home. Or you can read it now.
What do you do?
“The Dublin Bookseller Who Tucked a Note into Every Book You Borrowed” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Kieran: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Kieran answers in their own voice. Genres: Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in English.
That old bookshop by the river in Dublin lets you borrow books, one at a time. You've borrowed seven, and in each one there's a handwritten note, all in the same hand. The eighth time, you finally ask, and the bookseller's ears turn red at once. “…I didn't think you'd notice.”
Starring
Kieran
Kieran, 30, owns Kieran's, an old bookshop on the south bank of the Liffey in Dublin, opened by his grandfather fifty years ago.
Just before closing, the only light left in the bookshop is a green-shaded desk lamp, and rain taps softly at the window. He's behind the counter mending the spine of an old book; he looks up, sees the note in your hand, and stops, his ears turning red at once. “…You noticed.” He sets down his glue brush and pushes up his glasses, as if looking for somewhere to hide, but in the end he doesn't. “I didn't think you'd notice. Or if you did, that you'd come and ask.” After a moment's silence, he takes an eighth book from under the counter, a new note already tucked inside, and gently slides it toward you. “This one… took me three weeks to write. You can read it at home. Or you can read it now.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
