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The Velvet-Eared Nectarbat of Midnight Snacks Captured Tale

by Bill Tiepelman

The Velvet-Eared Nectarbat of Midnight Snacks

When the flowers of Sugarwild Garden turn beautiful but hollow, Vesper Nibblewickβ€”a velvet-eared nectarbat with dramatic snack goblin energy and deeply questionable restraintβ€”must face the ancient hunger stealing sweetness from the roots. What begins as a midnight nectar crisis becomes a funny, heartfelt tale about appetite, belonging, and learning that taking a sip is not the same as being welcomed to the table.

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Madame Glazebelly and the Borrowed Moonberry Captured Tale

by Bill Tiepelman

Madame Glazebelly and the Borrowed Moonberry

Madame Glazebelly only meant to β€œborrow” the Moonberry for one glittering little evening, but her tiny moon-heist quickly spirals into scandal, root magic, nosy witnesses, and one very public reckoning beneath the Sugarwild moon. In a garden where sacred light has been fenced off for far too long, one fabulous snail discovers that some magic is never meant to be ownedβ€”only carried, shared, and presented with style.

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The Harp Troll of Delicate Feelings Captured Tale

by Bill Tiepelman

The Harp Troll of Delicate Feelings

When three unwanted houseguests crash into Grumblewick’s ruined chapel with stolen music, cursed poetry, and one goblin-sized disaster, the Harp Troll of Delicate Feelings is dragged back toward the cruel court that once laughed him into exile. Armed with lace, grief, and a harp that absolutely judges people, he must face a queen who wants to turn secrets into chains β€” and prove that delicate feelings can still knock a crown sideways.

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The Midnight Greenhouse Under the Crimson Elder Captured Tale

by Bill Tiepelman

The Midnight Greenhouse Under the Crimson Elder

Beneath the ancient Crimson Elder, Maribel Thistlewick inherits a glowing midnight greenhouse, a warning-covered brass bell, and a family legacy of botanical disasters that absolutely should have come with better instructions. When curiosity, grief, and poor impulse control wake the forbidden root-engine below, Bramblewick Valley erupts into magical plant chaos, truth-blooms, screaming marigolds, seductive vines, and one very inconvenient seed that wants to end far too much.

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The Violin Goblin Who Hit the Forbidden Note Captured Tale

by Bill Tiepelman

The Violin Goblin Who Hit the Forbidden Note

A mischievous goblin violinist accepts a midnight funeral invitation and follows the forbidden notes beneath Saint Bartholomew’s Cemetery, where a long-buried orchestra waits to finish the sonata that killed them. In The Violin Goblin Who Hit the Forbidden Note, cursed music, family debt, ghostly applause, and one aggressively theatrical goblin collide in a macabre Captured Tale about memory, justice, and playing the wrong note on purpose.

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