The Douglas Town Chronicles

*First in the Douglas Town Chronicles is "Under the Tracks" - Inspired by true events involving the tragedy of an ancestor left to die in the New York Catholic Protectory in the 1890s, the horrific stories of the Orphan Trains, and the dark history of Washington Park in NW Portland, Oregon. Set in the fictional town of Douglas, Oregon, summer of 1982, the day long adventure circles around a group of young teens led by Gwen Evans, who is motivated to find an answer to a possible ghost sighting. The answer she hopes will be found in the abandoned Victorian House high on the hilltop of Douglas Park.  It's a day that changes their lives forever, with discoveries that were more than anyone bargained for. ------------------------------------------------------- *Second in the series , "Beneath the Stairs" , picks up on the group's first day of high school, and all the anxiety riddled angst that being a freshman can bring. There are school events, first dances, and...

It's here! Start your cozy autumnal reading adventure now with the Douglas Town Chronicles,  by author, Ginger G. Howard.       The journey begins in the late summer with Book One ~ Under the Tracks ~        Into the Halloween season with Book 2  ~ Beneath the Stairs ~ Ending on the Winter Solstice with Book 3 ~ Across the Dark Stream ~    

In the sleepy Scottish town of Douglas, Oregon, there is a dark past. One that fourteen-year-old Gwen Evans and her friends are unaware. So, when they set out, in the summer of 1982, on an adventure to find a ghost in the forest, they were ill prepared. What they confronted altered their perception of reality forever. For Gwen, that day was more than just uncovering terrifying secrets hidden in the depths of an abandoned Victorian House, or the encountering of supernatural forces; it was the discovery of psychic powers within her. When she and her friends began high school, they hoped to put that summer day behind them. Unfortunately, in their attempts to close one door, they inadvertently opened another! And then the group, beset by nightmares, is pulled back into the belly of the beast – the house, not done with them yet. High school drama, love interests, paranormal allies, unveiling shocking town secrets, ever-growing psychic powers, a world of the occult, and a fight...

As autumn wanes, darkness grows. The days loom long and cold for Gwen Evans, when a bizarre psychic connection ensnares her in a disturbing mystery surrounding missing high school girls. Gwen’s visions increase in ferocity, each more disturbing than the last, while suspicion and paranoia run rampant through the halls of Carmichael High. Around town their are rumors of Witchcraft and Satanic cults! Is there a connection? 1982 has already proven to be the most eventful year in Gwen’s young life, but nothing has prepared her for this dangerous entanglement. Literally a battle of life or death, she must confront the sinister forces at work, as well as her own destiny...   Hardcover and Paperback available at: Barnes&Noble ,  Amazon , and Walmart Kindle