Staunton Press  ·  Karine Green April 30, 2026

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In Silverneve, magic is not cast. It is made, folded into glass, woven through argent twine, anchored to the people who need it most. Join the workshop list for news about the series, behind-the-scenes craft notes, and first access to new releases.

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Some commissions should come with questions.

Neve has built a reputation on making the impossible last. Memory ornaments that hold a grandmother’s voice forever. Glass slippers that won’t vanish at midnight. Whatever the commission, the Giftwright Workshop delivers.

When a woman in a fairy godparent’s cloak arrives with detailed specifications, a generous purse, and a strand of a child’s hair for the binding, Neve sees nothing but a well-planned commission. A glass hatchet with a safety ward, keyed to a boy named Emory. Clean, precise, and beautifully made.

He sends the verification letter to the guild. The hatchet goes out the door before the reply comes back.

Now Emory can’t put it down, and the log in front of him won’t split. And because Neve made it, he’s the only one who can take it from the boy. Which means he’s the one holding it now.

A cursed hatchet demands one split log. A glass blade was never meant to chop wood. And somewhere in the eastern mines, a nobleman’s wife is waiting to see if anyone is clever enough to bring her home.

He made it perfectly. That was the problem.

Good thing Neve has Mira.

The Glass Hatchet is the fourth book in the Giftwright Tales, a cozy fantasy series following the most interesting shop in Silverneve.

About the Series

There are five books in this series. This is book Two: The Glass Slippers

“The Giftwright” Welcome to the Giftwright’s Workshop, where fairy tales are remade through the lens of magical craftsmanship. These five interconnected stories shift focus from princes and ballrooms to the workshop that makes magic possible, and the hands that shape memory, protection, and penance into glass.

“The Glass Slipper” A retelling of Cinderella. What does it mean to craft something meant to be seen but not kept? How do you bind protection into glass as fragile as a promise, knowing it must withstand a night of dancing? And what happens when a glassblower and a cobbler with entirely different kinds of magic must collaborate to create shoes that will walk away on someone else’s feet?

“The Glass Rose” A retelling of Beauty and the Beast, where the enchanted rose becomes an engineering challenge. How do you preserve a curse in glass, giving someone time to break it themselves? Can a rose dome hold dark magic at bay long enough for love to break what enchantment began?

Coming in May “The Glass Hatchet” A retelling of the European folk tale “The Glass Axe,” exploring grief, protective love, and the cost of penance. In the original, a cursed prince must complete impossible tasks with fragile glass tools. Here we ask: what if the glass hatchet was meant to protect rather than harm? What if the solution wasn’t escape, but acknowledgment of debt? Like all tales in the Giftwright collection, this story examines how magical craftsmen navigate the space between what clients ask for and what they truly need, and what happens when fragile things break

Coming Soon: “The Glass Ring” bringing together everything Neve has learned about the space between what clients ask for and what they do with the aftermath someone else left them with. Some commissions require more than craft; they require understanding that fragile things break, and sometimes that breaking is exactly what’s needed.

This is where it all begins. Welcome to the Giftwright’s workshop