Shadow Coast has developed a reputation as one of the best modern ghost stories, emphasizing the atmosphere of the rugged seacoast, eerie rainforests, and small-town confines of a remote corner of the Pacific Northwest. This is a supernatural tale of horror and human relationships that brings to mind the work of Poe, Lovecraft, and Blackwood, while capturing the subtle mood of films such as The Innocents (1961) and The Haunting (1963). Here, the Olympic Peninsula coast becomes a "haunted house" like no other-one of violent history and dark Native American mythology.