Mama Grozma’s Black Ledger

Debts, Secrets, and Other Unpaid Things.

At the Gnome & Garter, every drink has a price, every room has a secret, and every fool who thinks Mama Grozma isn’t listening is already in debt.

Mama Grozma is the caravan-born gnome matron of Vineleaf’s most infamous gambling den: tavern, brothel, refuge, information nest, and unofficial court of last resort for the broken, the drunk, the desperate, and the dangerous.

Behind the counter, she keeps a black ledger.

Not just accounts.

Names. Lies. Debts. Blood. Favors owed. Favors paid. Secrets whispered into pillows, bargains made under candle smoke, and the stories Grumble Snoot was never supposed to steal.

A companion series to The Snoot’s Notebook, Mama Grozma’s Black Ledger reveals the truth behind the stains: the people of Vineleaf, the messes they drag through her door, and the old gnome who knows exactly who paid, who lied, and who will answer for it.

You do not need to read The Snoot’s Notebook first.

But if you do, you’ll recognize the stains.