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A comedy of errors, until fate reveals its twisted sense of humor.
Kamada Eizo, a web novelist fresh from college, lands his dream—a flagship fantasy serial with an ambitious publisher. His breezy charm is a front, concealing desperation to claim a life that could be taken from him.
Miyamoto Ran detests liars. Grim and uncompromising, the editor stakes his future on one goal: unearthing the lost work of an author who vanished eight years ago. Securing Eizo’s success is his only path to that prize.
Polar opposites—and fueled by a misdelivered package—they clash at every turn, trading barbed banter and tit-for-tat one-upmanship until a high-stakes deadline forces an uneasy truce. Yet, as they draw closer, Ran begins to see through Eizo’s mask, sensing that the fragile connection they share is built entirely on artifice. But for two men who have had the story of their lives once stolen, how far will one go to win it back, even if it means silencing the other's voice?
OUR FUNNY LOVE STORY is an Achillean publishing mystery perfect for fans of danmei, BL novels, and introspective fiction with queer yearning so oblique it puts a tsundere to shame.
Please note this is Book 1 of a duet that ends in a happily-ever-after and contains no spice.
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About the author
Byrd Koto has a particular fondness for tsunderes and the unexplainable.
Her queer mysteries refuse easy categorization—spanning Tokyo publishing houses, alternative Chinese kingdoms, and worlds that haven't yet been named—and keep returning to one question: what do people do when the truth costs too much?
Her debut novel, Our Funny Love Story, is out now. Or So We Say—its second half—arrives December 2026.
Stay updated with Byrd at byrdkoto.com.
