The Honey-Lipped Budnewt Who Couldn’t Swallow the Evidence
When a notorious nectar beetle is found crushed beneath a moonpetal, Niblick Budmouth is discovered hiding nearby with the victim’s jeweled wing wedged betwe...
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Theme: Mystery
Fifteen illustrated stories appear on each archive page, newest first.
The story archive
Theme: Mystery
10 published tales
Madame Nectarlash and the Unsolicited Drip
A suspicious golden drip, a stolen stash of Royal Glownectar, and a rival with the world’s most irritatingly perfect alibi send Madame Nectarlash deep beneat...
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Countess Dewpucker and the Questionable Nectar Kiss
A staged kiss at Queen Honeyblush's Nectar Ball leaves Countess Dewpucker publicly engaged to shy nectar steward Basil Bumblewick. To reclaim the scandal—and...
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The Gumdrop Gnat Who Went Too Deep in the Nectar Cup
Gumdrop wakes after fourteen catastrophic refills with Queen Honeyblush's ceremonial spoon under his wing and forty-three missing minutes to explain. His sti...
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Lady Blushmidge and the Uninvited Pollen Dusting
Lady Blushmidge arrives at Bloomberry Court expecting tea and leaves coated in suspicious pollen, implicated in a reproductive scandal, and chasing a sticky ...
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The Bluebell-Shelled Gaspurtle Who Saw Everything
Glissabelle Gaspurtle witnesses Lord Slipperoot backing out of Widow Honeystem’s flowerbed with his waistcoat open, his trousers compromised, and nectar drip...
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The Buttonwing Beetle Who Forgot He Was Fancy
A jeweled beetle wakes beside a missing sacred relic and becomes the garden’s flashiest suspect. To clear his name, Buttonwing must dive into shady mushroom ...
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The Blossomclaw Crablet
A tiny flower-crowned crab with big glossy eyes and an even bigger ego becomes the accidental center of a Sugarwild Garden legend when her flair for dramatic...
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Miss Sparklecheeks and the Nectar Heist
Miss Sparklecheeks is many things - fabulous, shameless, suspiciously well-moisturized - but she insists she is not a nectar thief. When the Royal Dewdrop Re...
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The Glitter-Gilled Goblin of Gumdrop Cove
When Bipple Flounce, the glitter-gilled goblin of Gumdrop Cove, is framed for a scandalous forbidden bubble bath and the theft of the sacred Fizzy Pearl, he ...
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