Welcome to Seaview Haven. A delightful village of charming humans, quaint homes – and cozy mysteries! Fortunately, there’s silver-haired author-turned-sleuth Winnie Arrowmaker on hand to solve them all.

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by Randee Dawn
Solaris Nova, March 2026
(via JABberwocky)

But things aren’t exactly as they seem. Seaview Haven is one of the Seelie Court Network’s many invented TROPE towns, and the “mysteries” are scripted and streamed for the entertainment of enchanted creatures across the Veil. Or, rather, they were…

Winnie has a wicked case of writer’s block, moviemaking across the Veil has ground to a halt, and the town is crumbling.

Enter Finch, an SCN intern who might be the worst Unseelie ever. With aid from his reluctant brownie assistant, Finch is assigned to figure out what’s gone wrong in Seaview Haven… so he can dismantle it forever. But after landing in town, Finch soon learns that real lives – and real friends – aren’t so easily canceled.

To keep “The End” from being stamped on Seaview Haven, Winnie and Finch are going to have to tell a Truly Great Tale. Because as they realize, real power lies not in the stories we watch, but in the stories we tell ourselves.

Tropes List:
👵 older woman solving mysteries
🍄 mixed-up Unseelie gardener
🍞 shortbread magic
❓ disappearing TROPE town residents
💔 fae-human romance on the rocks
👦👩🏿 intrepid young sleuths
👸 goddess gal-cation gone wrong?
🖨️ write a great story… or else!

Randee Dawn is the bestselling author of the pop culture fantasy novel Tune in Tomorrow and its Tune-iverse follow-up WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM. She’s also the author of the dark Celtic musical fantasies The Only Song Worth Singing and Leave No Trace. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, including most recently Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight. She is the co-author of The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion.