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An enchanted staircase of ivory mushrooms ascends through emerald fungi, moss, black fern fronds, and a spiraling sleeping fiddlehead.

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The Emerald Stair of the Sleeping Fern

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 reckoning with the woman he lost, the brother he abandoned, and the life he can no lo...

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A jeweled flower gate opening into The Sugarwild Garden Continuing worldThe Sugarwild GardenA jewel-bright botanical kingdom where tiny residents make very large messes. A story compass surrounded by portals to independent fantasy worlds Independent talesStandalone TalesOne door, one world and a complete adventure waiting on the other side.

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