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WRITER'S WORKSHOP: HOW TO GET A DEBUT BOOK IN READERS' HANDS. Where: Norris Pensore Indoor Event Center, Colorado Springs When: November 7th, 11 AM - Noon What: I'm going to be on a panel with Peg Brantley, Skye Girffin, Gabrielle Ewerts, Kimberly Moran, Kay Rowe, and El Teja at the Colorado Women's Expo on November 7th! You can get into the Expo FREE. Just save the image above on your phone and show it to the ticket taker.

--By Kirsten Weiss, cozy mystery author Winter of the Witch, a new witch mystery in the Mystery School series by Kirsten Weiss. Winter of the Witch is live! You can grab it here: Amazon | Apple Books | Barnes and Noble | Google Play | Kobo Here's what the book's about: WINTER OF THE WITCH A solstice ritual, a body in the koi pond… and one 75-year-old scholar forced to practice what she’s only ever preached. Beatrix Marzanna has spent a lifetime keeping magic safely theoretica

Every week the Paranormal Museum Archivist answers one question from the public, whether or not the public wants it answered. THE QUESTION Dear Archivist, is the grape press cursed? Everyone says it's cursed. My uncle says it's cursed. My uncle says everything is cursed. — T. Alvarado, San Benedetto

--By Kirsten Weiss, cozy mystery author Winter of the Witch, a Witch Mystery from the Mystery School series by Kirsten Weiss. Sometimes when you get busy, things fall through the cracks. Like telling people Winter of the Witch is launching October 31st! But you can pre-order it now for your Halloween enjoyment here: Amazon | Apple Books | Barnes and Noble | Google Play | Kobo It's a winter solstice story set in California wine country, with a seventy-something witch who's alw

A satellite Nessie family on Google Earth, Salem’s witch-hat drone photo, Tripadvisor ghost-tour rankings, a $1 million Bigfoot bounty, and Oregon’s empty 1974 trap—plus The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum cozy mystery books.

A German tourist’s Loch Ness photo, a costumed Bigfoot in Maine, staring pets, an out-of-body lab test, and Lake Ontario’s 1882 guardian—plus The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum cozy mystery books.

--By Kirsten Weiss, Mystery Author Winter of the Witch is here, and the ebook is free through October 30th! But there's a catch. You have to solve a puzzle to get it. After October 30th, you can buy the book everywhere. But why not try the puzzle? It's a mix of flash fiction and online games. There's even a game walkthrough if you get stuck. Start HERE. WINTER OF THE WITCH A solstice ritual, a body in the koi pond… and one 75-year-old scholar forced to practice what she’s onl

Jungle patrol reports, Honduran heatstroke visions, a proposed deathbed-vision test, near-death research, and Pennsylvania's Little Bigfoot—plus The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum cozy mystery books.

--By Maddie Kosloski of the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Photo by petr sidorov on Unsplash The Fortune-Teller’s Cabinet is back on the main floor this week. At its center sits the Benedetto Triumphs, a worn late-nineteenth-century Tarot once used by a traveling reader who worked the harvest fairs. Local story says she told a rancher not to move his herd on a moonless Tuesday. He did. Three calves died of a sudden fever, and the deck spent the next sixty years in a locke

--By Maddie Kosloski of the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Photo of the Fogged Goggle pilot. This week the “Fogged Goggles” are back on display in the main gallery. The pair dates to 1943 and came from a training crash just outside the old San Benedetto airfield. Local stories claim the young pilot’s spirit still tries to warn the living; the lenses are said to mist over without any change in temperature whenever someone nearby is about to take a serious risk. A few visit

Maddie Kosloski shares recent paranormal news—from a Colombian shadow figure and Yucatán witch rumors to debates over clicks versus real investigation, a scientific haunted-room experiment, and modern cryptozoology—while inviting readers to the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum’s upcoming Egyptian Magic exhibit and the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum cozy mystery series.

One of my fanatasies about becoming a writer was getting to hang out with other cool writers. This is one of the few fantasies that actually came true. Today, I got to chat with Joanna DeVoe, Hippy Witch, about her new work of fiction, MAJOR ARCANA, THE JOURNEY BEGINS. It's a great book, that starts out with a women's fiction/journey of discovery vibe and then shifts into supernatural suspense (I love stories that start out as one thing and then surprise me). We also talk abo

--By Maddie Kosloski of The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Photo by Emilio Sáez Soro on Unsplash It's heating up here in San Benedetto, but we've got plenty of chilling paranormal exhibits at the museum, so stop on by! And now, here are my top five picks for paranormal news of the week! A tourist at Loch Ness recently snapped a photo of a mysterious green mass in the water. It's one of those tantalizing shots that makes you lean in closer, wondering if Nessie decided to s

Maddie Kosloski shares the latest paranormal news from King Arthur's sleeping spots and Bigfoot sightings to ghost children, lake monsters, and snowy footprints in this week's Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Dispatch. Cozy mystery fans, explore the series inspired by museum life.

Discover sophisticated Tea & Tarot themed cootie catchers (yes, the classic paper fortune tellers!) I'm giving away to celebrate DEATH IN RED, WHITE AND ROOIBOS. Learn the fun history of cootie catchers + how these limited-edition Tarot de Marseille versions bring cozy mystery magic to your hands. Enter the giveaway!

--By Kirsten Weiss, cozy mystery author It's launch day! And I'm so excited about this cozy mystery. Not only does Death in Red, White and Rooibos close some big circles for Abigail, but it takes place on the 250th birthday of the USA. This cozy mystery will be on sale through July 4th for $4.99, so grab it now! To help get the word out, I'm giving away 12 Tea and Tarot cootie catchers featuring the classic Tarot de Marseilles on the outside and typical Hyperion Night Tarot-r

Discover the real Pennsylvania folk magic of powwow and braucherei—potato healing, protective talismans, and witches in the woods. How this living tradition inspired Kirsten Weiss’s metaphysical mystery Legacy of the Witch.

Death in Red, White and Rooibos, a new cozy mystery by Kirsten Weiss, launches June 27, 2026 Chapter 1 Is there anything more problematic than a tearoom on the Fourth of July? Those bold Bostonians had good reason to dump tea into the harbor back in 1773—and after my latest tax bill, I was starting to sympathize. But a tearoom that hasn’t blasted into July Fourth spirit by mid-June? Downright treasonous. Paper butterflies dangled from the tearoom’s ceiling. Sunny-orange table

Maddie Kosloski shares the latest in lake monsters, vampire folklore, Sasquatch sightings, and DMT entities in this week's Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Dispatch. Cozy mystery fans and paranormal enthusiasts will enjoy the roundup and series recommendations from the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum.

Maddie Kosloski shares the latest from the paranormal world, including the revival of physical mediumship, fresh Champ lake monster footage, debates over demonic UFOs, validating near-death experiences, and a celebrity's crisis apparition, with a nod to ghostly cozy mysteries at the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum.