par Bill Tiepelman
The Moonmoth Oracle of Glassmere
A spoiled prince comes to Glassmere seeking proof that he was born for greatness, only to receive a catastrophic vision from a moonmoth oracle with ancient power and absolutely no patience for royal nonsense. To change his fate, he must cross mirrors, mud, memory, and one deeply inconvenient lesson in humility before a hollow crown-monster turns his kingdom into a cautionary tale with architecture.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Lilac Shell Duchess and the Tiny Pond Scandal
A jeweled turtle duchess wakes to suspicious bubbles, improper florals, and a pond scandal buried beneath the lily pads for seventy-three summers. In true Captured Tales fashion, dignity gets soaked, secrets get stirred from the mud, and one tiny royal learns that sharing power is almost as dramatic as wearing pearls.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Honeysuckle Shellbaby Who Heard the Bees Planning Something
Pippa Pearlsnout, a jeweled little shellbaby with far too much confidence and not nearly enough context, overhears the bees whispering about routes, timing, and a queen’s hidden gift. Naturally, she assumes a royal heist is underway—because why ask questions when you can launch a full pond-wide investigation and nearly ruin something beautiful?
par Bill Tiepelman
Le gnome qui a laissé tomber la basse
When rhythm is outlawed across Echoterra, Oswick Nibblemint and his tiny blue dragon Snizzle march straight into the silence with headphones, swagger, and one dangerously illegal beat sphere. The Gnome Who Dropped the Bass is a mischievous Captured Tale about forbidden music, magical rebellion, and the heroic importance of making tyrants accidentally dance.
par Bill Tiepelman
Lady Snapdragon Whiskerblink and the Suspiciously Polite Trap
Inside the jeweled petals of Snapdragon House, Lady Snapdragon Whiskerblink serves tea, sass, and consequences with immaculate grace. But when a council investigator arrives to expose her suspiciously polite flower trap, the truth blooms into something far stranger: a living house with old rules, hidden wounds, and absolutely no patience for overwatered arses in formalwear.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Blushberry Earwig Who Heard Too Much
A nosy blushberry earwig overhears one tiny secret, repeats it with catastrophic flair, and accidentally turns Blushberry Bend into a gossip-soaked disaster zone. But when the truth behind an old Moonmelon Festival scandal begins to crack wide open, Prickletta must learn that some stories are not hers to chew on.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Jellybean Firefly of Unlicensed Twinkling
When Jellybean, a tiny firefly with a glow problem and absolutely no respect for paperwork, refuses to apply for a twinkling permit, he accidentally exposes the Sugarwild Garden’s biggest scandal. What begins as one bug’s unauthorized sparkle becomes a full-blown rebellion against dusty rule-makers, stolen light, and every joyless little clipboard goblin who ever told someone to dim down.
par Bill Tiepelman
Queen Peepblossom and the Unauthorized Crown Sprout
When Peepblossom wakes up with an unauthorized crown sprouting from her head, Bloomhush Garden promptly loses its tiny bureaucratic mind. Accused of treason before breakfast, this reluctant little not-queen must uncover the rot beneath the rules before the garden’s polished thorns prune the truth for good.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Dewdrop Dragonfly Who Forgot How Wings Work
When Pip Glimmerflit, Sugarwild Garden’s most dazzling dewdrop dragonfly, suddenly forgets how wings work, one embarrassing crash turns into a full-blown garden spectacle. But when a nursery pod of baby pollen sprites drifts toward Bramblecup Hollow, Pip has to fly ugly, scared, and sparkling anyway.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Velvet-Eared Nectarbat of Midnight Snacks
When the flowers of Sugarwild Garden turn beautiful but hollow, Vesper Nibblewick—a velvet-eared nectarbat with dramatic snack goblin energy and deeply questionable restraint—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.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Taffy-Tailed Peepdragon of Unsupervised Blooming
A sticky-toed peepdragon with a candy-colored tail is blamed when the Sugarwild Garden’s First Sparkles begin vanishing before dawn. But in The Taffy-Tailed Peepdragon of Unsupervised Blooming, adorable chaos turns detective as one wrongly accused little menace uncovers a glittering garden crime, a fake trail of evidence, and a forgotten corner desperate for morning.
par Bill Tiepelman
Lady Lollywhisk and the Petal of Poor Decisions
When Lady Lollywhisk licks the one sacred petal she was very specifically told not to lick, Sugarwild Garden erupts into magical personality-swapping chaos. Now the fluffiest little disaster in the blossom patch has to carry the cure in her own traitorous mouth before the whole garden is stuck scrambled for seven years.
par Bill Tiepelman
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 markets, theatrical cricket circles, corrupt garden politics, and the horrifying possibility that he may, in fact, be fancy as hell.
par Bill Tiepelman
Madame Glazebelly and the Borrowed Moonberry
Madame Glazebelly only meant to “borrow” 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 owned—only carried, shared, and presented with style.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Glass Chapel Beneath the Gilded Stormtree
A revenge wedding at the Glass Chapel Beneath the Gilded Stormtree should have been simple: humiliate the lying ex, reclaim the stolen fortune, and look devastating in silk. Unfortunately for Lavinia Thornvale, the chapel has opinions, the cake has standards, and the groom she chose as a weapon may be the one person honest enough to ruin her plans beautifully.
par 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 — and prove that delicate feelings can still knock a crown sideways.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Well That Knew Too Damn Much
A sharp-tongued widow inherits a crooked cottage, a crimson tree, and an old stone well with absolutely no filter. When the well starts spilling village secrets, Maribel Thorne uncovers a buried scandal that turns Stormwell Hollow upside down—one confession, one hat emergency, and one very inconvenient truth at a time.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Stormkeeper’s Cottage Beneath the Bloodleaf Tree
Beneath the crimson canopy of the Bloodleaf Tree, Mara Vell keeps borrowed storms sealed away beneath her cottage—until one arrives wearing the shape of old grief and demands to be named. The Stormkeeper’s Cottage Beneath the Bloodleaf Tree is a broodingly whimsical tale of hidden truths, family debts, emotional weather, and the messy miracle of finally letting the rain fall.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Trumpet Imp Who Announced Himself Twice
When Tibbs Blarefoot, the trumpet imp of Pompadoodle-on-Fleece, announces Lord Pootlewick’s festival decree twice, he accidentally triggers an ancient civic law that doubles everything: two mayors, two pies, two banners, and far too much interpretive dancing. Now the town’s loudest little menace must learn that sometimes one humble sentence can fix what a golden trumpet absolutely ruined.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Crooked Willow of Sugarvale Cottage
Beneath the rose-pink branches of Sugarvale’s crooked willow, a magical cottage begins to unravel from an ancient promise left wounded too long. Mirabel Mosswick must follow the road Bram once carried away, uncovering a bittersweet tale of love, pride, shelter, and the dangerous consequences of not saying the thing before somebody builds a bridge about it.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Twisted Road to Ravenwick House
A storm-dark road, a suspicious raven, and a manor with far too many secrets lead Silas Vetch into the orbit of the Widow of Ravenwick — a woman whose stolen heart waits beneath the house, wrapped in curses, betrayal, and very poor marital choices.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Laughing Gnome Sonata
A cursed crimson piano, a wildly laughing gnome, and one forbidden sonata turn a respectable conservatory into a glorious musical disaster. In The Laughing Gnome Sonata, Bartholomew Figglebrass must face the melody he lost, the love he misunderstood, and the red-keyed devil that still wants one final performance.
par 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.
par Bill Tiepelman
The Twin Hearths of the Bloodleaf Hollow
In The Twin Hearths of the Bloodleaf Hollow, two sharp-tongued cottage rivals must finally stop turning affection into arguments when the ancient crimson trees above their village begin to split apart. Beneath the stormlit Bloodleaf Arch, old grief, buried longing, enchanted hearths, and one deeply incriminating goose force them to choose what they were too stubborn to name.
