The Cozy Post | A Year-Long Coastal Cozy Mystery Experience

Not simply a mystery to read.
It's a place to visit.

The true magic of The Cozy Post is the feeling of being invited somewhere. Of receiving a physical letter from someone who noticed something unusual and trusted you enough to ask for your help. And, you don't have to experience it alone, as part of The Cozy Post Society.

When you become a member of The Cozy Post Society, you are no longer simply reading a mystery.

You are joining a circle of curious minds who have all received the same invitation from Mistaven Cove.

Across the world, Cozy Connoisseurs open their monthly envelopes and step into the same coastal village — following Tabitha “Tabby” Vale’s letters, examining the same clues, and slowly uncovering the same hidden history. Each person brings their own perspective to the mystery. One reader may notice a name hidden in an old record. Another may catch a detail in Tabby’s birdwatching notes. Someone else may piece together a connection between two events that seemed unrelated.

The mystery becomes a shared discovery.

Like members of an old-fashioned correspondence society, Cozy Connoisseurs gather around the story not because they are racing toward the ending, but because they enjoy the journey — discussing theories, comparing observations, and wondering what Tabby will uncover next.

There is a special feeling that comes from knowing others are receiving the same envelope, reading the same letter, and looking at the same piece of Mistaven Cove’s history at that exact moment.

Every reader becomes part of the investigation.

Every theory becomes part of the conversation.

Every discovery becomes another thread connecting the Society together.

Tabitha “Tabby” Vale

Harbor Records Librarian & Birdwatcher

Age 52 • Widow Observation Expert

Your Companion in Mistaven Cove

Meet Tabitha “Tabby” Vale

Tabby is the keeper of Mistaven Cove’s history. Caring for dusty ship logs, forgotten coastal charts, and census ledgers tucked away for generations in the Harbor Historical Records Office, she has unprecedented access to local stories people thought had disappeared.

But Tabby’s greatest gift is her ability to notice. As an expert birdwatcher who walks the seaside cliffs every morning with her binoculars, she understands that patterns matter. A nesting habit out of season, a boat entering harbor at an off-hour, or an unfamiliar shadow near a familiar cottage—she watches everything.

“A true observer knows that the smallest details often reveal the greatest stories.”

— Tabby Vale

Hear more from Tabby

In her monthly correspondences, you will get to know Tabby as a real friend. Beyond her personal updates on her adult son living in Spain, her letters are accompanied by delightful tactile keepsakes. Throughout your year-long investigation, Tabby will mail you occasional physical artifacts retrieved directly from her fieldwork—such as delicate pressed coastal flora (like wild sea lavender), high-quality hand-sketched postcard reproductions, coordinate-mapped maritime charts, and postmarked archive documents. Each element is designed to make you feel as though you hold a piece of Mistaven Cove's physical history in your hands.

An Immersive Fictional Universe

Explore Mistaven Cove

Mistaven Cove sits along a narrow stretch of coastline where cliffs rise behind a small harbor village and the sea shapes daily life more than any clock ever could. Cottages line winding stone lanes, their slate roofs weathered by salt and rain, their windows looking out onto waters that shift with every tide.

At the heart of the village is the harbor, where fishing boats come and go without ceremony and nets hang long after the work is done. Above it stands the Harbor Historical Records Office, a stone building filled with logs, maps, and documents that reach back further than most residents care to count. History here is not stored away. It is still in use.

The people of Mistaven Cove are careful with their words. They watch before they speak. When questions arrive, answers tend to come as stories rather than direct explanations, as though truth requires shaping before it can be shared.

Above the village, cliffs stretch toward open sky. The wind carries seabirds along familiar paths. Tabitha Vale, the harbor’s records librarian, spends much of her time here with binoculars and a notebook, recording what others overlook. Her attention to detail has become part of the village itself—accepted, expected, and rarely questioned.

Mistaven Cove holds inconsistencies that refuse to resolve. A name repeated with slight variation in official records. A photograph showing a shoreline that no longer exists. A door in a familiar building that appears locked one day and open the next without explanation.

These are not treated as disturbances.

They are treated as history still unfolding.

For those who arrive with an observant eye, Mistaven Cove is not simply a place to live—but a place where every shoreline has a past, every house has a story, and every person has a secret waiting to be uncovered.

The Society Welcome Dispatch

Your Welcome Packet

Every newly appointed Cozy Connoisseur receives an elegant initial mailing designed to welcome them as a trusted companion of the village. The package includes tactile elements referenced in The Cozy Post Branding and Details Document to navigate your exploration:

Welcome Letter from Tabby A handwritten, signed call for help

Mistaven Cove Passport Official "Visitor" document book

Coastal Map of the Cove High-resolution physical map of coordinates

Connoisseur Membership Card A premium personalized keepsake card

Official Passport

Mistaven Cove Authority

Harbor Registry Society

Observer Status:

Certified Cozy Connoisseur of Mistaven Cove

Apply to the Harbor Registry

Secure Your Place in the Society

Join the Cozy Post Society today. Each membership level grants you complete physical delivery access to the mystery of Mistaven Cove, safely sealed and postmarked from our harbor office.

The Spring & Summer Observer

Seasonal Membership

Perfect for dipping your toes into the fog-filled waters and archives of Mistaven Cove.

$19 / month (Billed Monthly)

12 Letters total (Spring & Summer arcs)
Complete Welcome Packet & Passport
First Monthly Mystery Delivery Included
Access to digital Society Registry forums

Best Value

The Year-Long Cozy Connoisseur

Full-Year Membership

For those who wish to fully immerse into the entire 24-chapter harbor mystery across the year.

$15 / month (Billed Annually)

24 Letters total (Full complete story arc)
Premium Welcome Packet, Passport & Card
Surprise Seasonal Mailings (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)
Beautiful keepsake wax seal storage box
Certified Cozy Connoisseur Stamp at case closure

Mistaven Registry Waiting List

Secure Your Notification Alert

Due to the highly bespoke nature of hand-stamped letters and physical archive artifacts, our Society acceptance is limited. Join the waitlist to receive immediate notification when the next correspondence batch launches.

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Not simply a mystery to read. It's a place to visit.