Stories by @custardgirl

Can't spell Treason Without tea

Reyna and Kianthe dream of running a book/tea shop somewhere and running away from their lives, but the reality turns out to be unlike they imagined

Seasonal fears

Part 2 of the alchemical journeys series

Gwen and Art are not in love

Gwen and Art have been engaged forever which is a shame as they don't actually like each other. All that changes when Gwen catches Art snogging a boy behind the stables and he picks up on her crush on Lady Bridget Leclerc

Beneath the sugar sky

After Rini arrives at the school for wayward children looking for the mother who died before she was even conceived she, with the assistance of her friends must break the one role the school has. No quests.

Middlegame

Rodger and Dodger have been inside each others heads on and off since they were five. Now they about to become entangled in the strange world or alchemy, Dr Reed and Asphodel Baker's Up and Under. I'm aware that I probably should include characters like Avery and Zib, and crow girl, but I think it would be more effective to have actors already in the story playing those roles

River of teeth

In a bayou overrun by hippos Winslow Houndstooth puts together a team for an operation (not a caper)

Magic for liars

Ivy Gamble does not have magic, but her twin sister does. When she's sent to her sisters school to investigate a murder this definitely doesn't complicate her investigation. Neither does her sister's very attractive colleague. Or the prophecy about two of the students. Ivy Gamble is a liar.

The mimicking of known successes

Mossa is set to investigate the disappearance of a man off a far platform on Jupiter. She enlists the help of her ex girlfriend Pleiti to help discover the truth

Margot and me

Fliss and her Mum go to stay with her Grandma Margot in Wales while her mum recovers from chemo. There Fliss discovers Margot's wartime diary and struggles to reconcile the hero of her book with the figure in her life

The Keeper of lost things

Laura inherits a house from her employer Anthony. Unfortunately it also comes with an impossible task - to return as many of the lost things he's collected over the years as she possible can! With the help of Freddie, the Gardener and Sunshine, a friend, she attempts to fulfil Anthony's last wosh

Swordheart

Halla, a widow has inherited a large fortune from her late husband's uncle. Unfortunately that means the rest of his family are determined to remarry her to her husband's cousin. Desperate to find a way out she draws a sword that, unknown to her contains Sarkis, an ancient warrior. They journey to find a lawyer to sort everything out.