The Cobalt Mooncaps of Vesper Vine
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Twenty-seven cobalt mooncaps keep an ancient hunger sealed beneath Vesper Vine. When one guardian disappears and the vine begins consuming its reservoir of s...
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68 published tales
The Coralwood Path Beneath the Tidal Moon
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Relic thief Orren Vey arrives at Coralwood carrying twenty-seven stolen memories and a plan to rob the Tidal Moon. But the living staircase remembers every c...
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The Emerald Stair of the Sleeping Fern
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Orin Vale sees a fortune in the Emerald Stair, where an enchanted fern tends the dreams of sleeping strangers. But cutting those desires free awakens a recko...
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The Garnet-Horned Ram of Stormvale
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When Stormvale’s roads begin vanishing and the castle starts learning gravity the hard way, the Garnet-Horned Ram is forced to descend from the mountain and ...
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The Ivory Wolf of Bloodleaf Pass
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A sacred ivory wolf guards Bloodleaf Pass, but when Castle Varrican tries to bind him with old bloodleaf magic, the mountain answers with teeth, shattered gl...
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The Embermane Griffin of Redspire Valley
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When Lord Vauston tries to steal Redspire’s crown, its rubies, and frankly the whole damn kingdom, the Embermane Griffin refuses to bow—and that single act o...
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The Midnight Greenhouse Under the Crimson Elder
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Beneath the ancient Crimson Elder, Maribel Thistlewick inherits a glowing midnight greenhouse, a warning-covered brass bell, and a family legacy of botanical...
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The Violin Goblin Who Hit the Forbidden Note
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A mischievous goblin violinist accepts a midnight funeral invitation and follows the forbidden notes beneath Saint Bartholomew’s Cemetery, where a long-burie...
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The Gummy Charm Dealer of Grimlight District
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Some moments feel too perfect to lose… and far too dangerous to keep. When a man trades his future for one preserved evening of love, he discovers that holdi...
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Inferno Snuggles and Other Bad Decisions
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Cinder wants to thank the woman who rescued him. Unfortunately, his plan involves an ancient forge, an iron heart and giving away the one thing keeping him w...
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The Bride of Dusk and the Groom of Endless Noon
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When the Sun lingers too long at the edge of the world, he meets the one being no god is allowed to love—the mysterious Bride of Evening, who gathers the las...
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When the Ring of Stars Remembered Us
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When a celestial ring ignites above a secluded lakeside cabin, two luminous figures reunite in the sky—unaware their perfect alignment is unlocking something...
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Gilded Ginkgo Crown
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When a forgotten orchard calls her name, Maris Rowe returns to the ashes of a fallen kingdom and discovers the Gilded Ginkgo Crown was never lost — it was wa...
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Moon's Caress on the Fractal Frontier
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A mythic, slow-burn Captured Tale about a woman who discovers a path that exists only while being watched—and the quiet, irreversible cost of becoming the on...
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Gutterglow Faerie: A Lantern for the Damned
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The Lantern Liar The fae courts called her a disgrace. The humans called her a hallucination. But down in the alleys behind the alchemist's vape shop, they ...
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