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An Episodic Serial Novel
Synopsis: After getting fired from her job as a small-town journalist for moonlighting as a paranormal investigator, Caroline Phelan is urged to go freelance by her informant, a mysterious man she knows only as “the Captain”. Armed with her trusty camera called Scully, Caroline travels to Ferris Island’s paranormal hotspots and learns surprising lore along the way.
But in her search for the strangest stories on Ferris Island, she comes face to face with a few of the island’s deepest secrets, some of which still echo through time.
On Ferris Island, the past and present often go hand in hand.
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Season One: Table Of Contents
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Episode One: Hello - Caroline Phelan—newly fired from her job as a journalist—meets her informant for the first time, the mysterious man known only as the Captain, and he gives her a proposition.
Episode Two: Cast No Shadow - Reyville takes Caroline out on his boat to give her an introduction into just how strange this island can get…
Episode Three: The Girl In The Dirty Shirt - Caroline embarks on her first paranormal investigation, in an old farmhouse turned into a private medical practice.
Episode Four: The Turning - Caroline and Reyville are roped into a strange—and dangerous—rescue mission.
Episode Five: She’s Electric - Andy enlists Caroline and Reyville’s help with a strange nocturnal intruder in the Clinic’s garden.
Episode Six: Wonderwall - Reyville and Caroline are drawn into a most unusual hostage situation…and deeper into their partnership than ever before.
Episode Seven: Up In The Sky - Reyville learns of a deeper threat building on the island, and Caroline begins to face her own ghosts.
Episode Eight: Lyla - Reyville and Caroline follow their lead to the mysterious Brack, where trespassing comes with dire consequences.
Episode Nine: Sunday Morning Call - a sudden grief prompts Caroline to begin her own investigation—not into the supernatural, but into the man she thought she could trust.
Episode Ten: Don’t Go Away - Caroline enlists all the help she can get to search for Reyville, and finds allies in some unlikely places.
Episode Eleven: Champagne Supernova - Reyville recovers, secrets are revealed, and some plans are made.
Episode Twelve: Songbird - Caroline and Reyville face a deeper danger, a sacrifice is made, and a new start is offered.
Season Two: Table Of Contents
Episode One: Albatross - Caroline Phelan and Captain Reyville track a mysterious danger in the woods, and are approached by a new acquaintance with an intriguing proposition…
Episode Two: Sisters of the Moon - Caroline and Reyville hear Flora out for one job, but it turns out to have deeper ramifications than they first believed…
Episode Three: Brown Eyes - Caroline learns a bit more about Flora’s motivations, and enlists help in the ongoing saga of the Mothwood mystery…
Episode Four: As Long As You Follow - Caroline and Reyville meet a stranger in the woods, and are recruited into solving a paranormal conflict...
Episode Five: The Ledge - Flora hands Caroline and Reyville another assignment, this time investigating an impossible disappearance…
Episode Six: Second Hand News - Caroline and Reyville press a little harder on Flora’s intentions, and investigate a haunting in an unexpected place…
Episode Seven: Landslide - the team comes together to finally capture the mysterious beast in Mothwood Forest…
Episode Eight: Can’t Go Back - Caroline wrestles with the secrets she’s keeping, and a haunting at a grocery store leads to a dangerous revelation…
Episode Nine: Storms - Caroline and Reyville confront and confess, and the underground tunnels reveal their unsettling secret…
Episode Ten: Songbird - a rescue is mounted, motives are explained, and a relationship shifts…
Episode Eleven: Peacekeeper - Caroline and Reyville dig deep to bring Project Dark Lion—and Flora—to justice…
Episode Twelve: Freedom - Caroline is presented with a choice about what her future could look like, and a gift from an unexpected source…