THE OCEAN WAS THE BOUNDARY. THE FOG WAS THE BRIDGE. NOW, THE INVASION HAS BEGUN. From the creator of the Coastal Gothic universe comes the terrified expansion of the Fog-Mythos. For a year, you watched the water. You learned that when the marine layer rolls into Morro Bay, you stay off the sandspit. You learned to ignore the third note of the buoy horn. You survived the coast by staying dry. But the fog has learned to walk on land. In Shadows of the Coast, Pamela Beach expands the map of fear beyond the bay, dragging the nightmare north to the wind-scoured cliffs of Cayucos and south to the twisted eucalyptus groves of Montaña de Oro. This isn't just weather anymore. It is a "Bruise-Fog"—heavy, charcoal-grey, and smelling of ozone and old copper. It moves against the wind. It seeps into museums, climbs the pilings of piers, and waits in the reflection of your own windows. THE RULES HAVE CHANGED: The Trawlers are no longer just in the deep; they are clinging to the underside of the Cayucos Pier, waiting for a line to drop. The Rooted are not trees; they are legs. In the eucalyptus groves, the bark doesn't peel—it molts The Takers have found a way inside. From the taxidermy halls of the Museum of Natural History to the dance floor of the Vets Hall, the shadows are wearing our history like a suit. FEATURING 10 NEW TALES OF ATMOSPHERIC HORROR: Including "The Midnight Angler," where a fisherman hooks something that pulls back; "The Whispering Grove," where the forest demands water that isn't from the earth; and "The Last Light," where the Piedras Blancas lighthouse stops being a warning and becomes a spotlight for the invasion. INCLUDES THE "SHADOW-WALKER’S ITINERARY" Just like the first book, this collection includes a gamified map of real-world locations in San Luis Obispo County. Visit the sites where the stories take place... if you trust your ability to leave. The coast has fallen. The hunt for the mainland has begun. Keep your windows up. Watch your reflection. And whatever you do... keep the light burning. PRAISE FOR THE FOG-MYTHOS: "The kind of local horror that makes you look twice at the landscape you thought you knew." "Pamela Beach doesn't just write ghost stories; she terraforms your reality."