The town in my WIP cosmic horror novel--Jeffry, California--is a fictionalized version of Clayton, CA, nestled in a cleft of Mount Diablo, and where I grew up.
I'm placing Jeffry to the north and east of Clayton, on the ruins of the real-life Nortonville ghost town--a remnant of the defunct Black Diamond coal mines.
It'll be just to the west of where it says "Rose Hill" under the "Diablo" title on the topographical map.
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