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“Impeccably crafted, with precise and elegant prose, meticulous attention to detail and pacing, this intense and wholly original novel is one of the best to come out of the horror genre in years. The Shore sets a new genre standard ... horror at its best." ~ DARK SCRIBE

“Every bit as much a classic as The Pines, and perhaps even more so." ~ HELLNOTES

chilling, entertaining, intelligent ... rich with style and substance ... masterful ... intelligent, controlled, stylish and honest ... unique ... atmospheric ... intimate and terrifying ... skillful ... a must read ... literary and deliciously fierce ... a feast for those who crave horror at its finest ... chilling ... unique

"In a multi-layered book of this quality, there's almost an unspoken pact between the author and his audience. Dunbar keeps his end of the bargain from the first sentence to the last in terms of narrative, character, plot and stunning linguistics. In short, he's written a tour-de-force that can hold its own among the best work in the genre."
~ FEO AMANTE

“Intelligent, frightening and plausible … one of the most finely crafted horror novels of the past three decades. Publication of this restored edition gives the book’s current fans cause to rejoice and will help Dunbar’s powerful book find the place it deserves among the classics of modern horror."

~ John Paschetto, Weird New Jersey

“ … dark, bleak, and maybe one of the twenty best books in horror fiction. An underlying Southern Gothic sensibility lurks in Dunbar's writing, one that speaks volumes about the nature of violence and the way in which it warps good people. This is the way great horror should be written."

~ Nickolas Cook, Hellnotes