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Penny and the Visitor
After one of Penny’s hungry episodes leaves half the church pews missing, Victor comes looking for a cookie—and stays long enough for Penny to explain what happens when the Visitor comes.
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Small disasters, ancient magic, questionable science, and perfectly ordinary afternoons that went wrong.
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A Rose for My Iris
After fifty-three years of marriage, Randall and Iris have made a plan for the morning after his death. But some promises are older than either of them understands.
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Beyond the Garden
A Rose for My Iris
After fifty-three years of marriage, Randall and Iris have made a plan for the morning after his death. But…
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Beyond the Garden
Millbrook
In the little town of Millbrook, everyone laughs at Silas Wren’s warnings about the Big Dark. Then a carpenter…
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Beyond the Garden
The Little White King
An immortal cat once beloved by Tutankhamun survives into modern Florida, where a school project, an obsessed historian, and…
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Beyond the Garden
Night Fell
After a fall in the wilderness, Amber starts walking home after dark. The farther she goes, the less her…
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Beyond the Garden
Past Due
A dead novelist leaves his best friend an unfinished manuscript—and a final request to finish it. The pages take…
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Beyond the Garden
Hi, I’m Billy
A clinical neuropsychologist documents the rapid cognitive decline of a man named William Whittington—and the unsettling possibility that medicine…
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Behind the Garden Gate
I Still Can’t Draw. That’s Kind of the Point.
How AI gave me a way to finally make visual ideas real—and how that unexpectedly led me to the…
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Beyond the Garden
Probably Means Yes
A quiet speculative horror story about a vampire family, the last kind of guest they expected, and the distance…
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Beyond the Garden
Peacemaker
A supernatural Western about a beautiful old Colt, a growing reputation, and the price of becoming someone people remember.
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Behind the Garden Gate
Why I Keep Making Cute Things Slightly Wrong
A look at the books, writers, and creative instincts behind Nine Sixteen Supply Co.—and why cute things always seem…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
The Birds
Sammy was halfway down from the Feeder Watchtower when the bird attacked. That was how Sammy would later describe…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
The Reservation
Basil and Sweeney leave the Black Lagoon together, only to find a road that refuses to behave—and a reservation…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
The Thing That Could Be Repaired
Dr. Banty had several rules about his laboratory, most of them written on small cards and nailed to the…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
The Advice Was Sound
Nibbles learns that Earl once advised Henry VIII on marriage—and that this may not have been Earl’s only brush…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
Nine and a Half, and Counting
Ella finds a doorway where no doorway should be—and discovers that nine lives may only be close enough for…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
The First Time Was Worse
As the full moon fades, Steve finally tells Sammy about the first time the curse found him—or at least…
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Character Stories · Garden Stories
Penny and the Visitor
After one of Penny’s hungry episodes leaves half the church pews missing, Victor comes looking for a cookie—and stays…
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Garden Lore
The Best Spot in the Garden
Ollie found the best sleeping spot in the garden. Unfortunately, someone had put a planter on it.
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Garden Lore
The Pendant
Most people assume Ella’s pendant is magical. They are correct. They are simply wrong about which part.
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Garden Incidents
The One Time Ella Stood Up
Nothing happened. That was the part everyone remembered.
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Garden Rules & Procedures
Full-Moon Steve Protocol
The curse is temporary. Steve’s memory is not. Please follow all posted full-moon procedures carefully.
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Garden Stories
The Last Cookie
Penny made Victor a cookie. Victor has only one problem with it: once he eats it, he won’t have…
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Security Bulletins
Sammy’s Security Bulletin #01 — The Acorn Displacement Incident
Three acorns have moved. Sammy has reviewed the evidence and ruled out the possibility that this is ordinary squirrel…
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Research Notes
Dr. Banty’s Research Notes — Report 47-B: Automated Tea Delivery System
The tea arrived successfully. Everything else that happened is, according to Dr. Banty, secondary data.
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Found in the Garden
Nibbles’ Reservation Records — Basil, Extended Stay
According to the ledger, Basil was supposed to leave Wednesday morning. The reservation has since become considerably less specific.
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Garden Stories
Ollie Needs the Sunbeam
Ollie has a problem. Fortunately, Victor is nearby—and far too kind to realize just how simple the problem really…
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