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Darkwood Pines is a cozy modern supernatural setting for Original Finish.

The PDF is 6 pages, well organized and cleanly layed out, with a good text size, a lot of whitespace, and an excellent illustration of a cat.

In terms of mechanics, Darkwood Pines gives different supernatural templates you can add to your trainer's breed card (fey, vampire, werewolf, witch) and lets you swap out a more conventional horse for a cat familiar (this is clever and I really like this.)

In terms of worldbuilding, Darkwood gives a quick outline of its environment, complete with a few adventure hooks and NPCs, and a lot of these hooks are tasty. The rideable bramble bears, the phantom hanoverian that wants one last good race, the werewolf support group, it all feels perfectly calibrated for a good oneshot or long-running drama.

Overall, if you're craving some warm small-town supernatural, I would definitely give this a look. It's got a structure and vibe that feels like it could easily have had a multi season run on Syfy in the late 2010s.