https://elizafairholt.com/journal Essays on paranormal cozy mysteries, fair-play mystery craft, midlife heroines, old objects, and Hawthorne Reach. en-us Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://elizafairholt.com/journal/what-is-a-paranormal-cozy-mystery https://elizafairholt.com/journal/what-is-a-paranormal-cozy-mystery Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A clear guide to paranormal cozy mysteries: how they differ from traditional cozies, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance, and why the mystery still has to work. https://elizafairholt.com/journal/midlife-witch-cozy-mysteries https://elizafairholt.com/journal/midlife-witch-cozy-mysteries Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why midlife witch cozy mysteries have such a strong pull: experienced heroines, second chances, changing identities, accumulated history, and magic that arrives after a life already lived. https://elizafairholt.com/journal/fair-play-paranormal-cozy-mysteries https://elizafairholt.com/journal/fair-play-paranormal-cozy-mysteries Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT How paranormal cozy mysteries can stay fair-play: consistent supernatural rules, clue discipline, plausible false solutions, and a final answer earned by evidence rather than magic. https://elizafairholt.com/journal/old-objects-provenance-mystery-clues https://elizafairholt.com/journal/old-objects-provenance-mystery-clues Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why antique objects and provenance make rich mystery material: ownership, substitution, family memory, paperwork, value, and the gap between what an object is and what people say it is.