We have spent a lot of time looking at the water. For the last year, we’ve walked the damp streets of Morro Bay together in The Fog-Mythos. We’ve learned to fear the marine layer. We’ve learned that the cold, wet grey isn’t just weather, it’s a hiding place.
But anyone who lives on the Central Coast knows that the fog isn’t the only extreme we deal with.
Sometimes, usually in November, the wind shifts. The air turns hot. The humidity drops to zero. The “Santa Ana of the Sea” blows down the canyons, smelling of ozone, sulfur, dried roses, and dead grass.
The Fog takes your sight. The Wind takes your voice.
I’m excited to unveil the official cover art for the upcoming sister-series: THE ECHO-MYTHOS TRILOGY.
We are leaving the coast. We are moving inland. And the monsters are changing.
BOOK 1: THE HOLLOW WIND
The Setting: The scorched cliffs of Avila Beach and the blackened lantern room of the Point San Luis Lighthouse.
The Threat: Meet the Hollows. They aren’t wet or soft like the Takers. They are brittle constructs of bleached driftwood, bone, and dried kelp. They don’t want to drown you; they want to hollow you out.
The Atmosphere: Hot. Orange. Exposed.
BOOK 2: THE STATIC HILLS
The Expansion: The invasion moves inland to the rolling, golden hills of the San Luis Obispo Valley.
The Shift: Look closely at the background. The threat isn’t just in the wind anymore; it’s in the Grid. The high-tension wires, the baby monitors, the radio waves. The Hollows have learned to travel through the static.
The Horror: The air is pressurized. The grass is dead. And the blue lightning is starting to arc.
BOOK 3: THE WAR OF THE ELEMENTS
The Finale: This is where the two physics systems collide.
The Clash: The Cold Fog vs. The Hot Wind. The Taker vs. The Hollow. And high on the ridge, watching it all… The Watcher.
The Stakes: The boundaries are gone. The coast is no longer the edge of the world; it is the front line.
What comes next? While I recently finished putting the finishing touches on the Fog-Mythos, these shadows are already waiting in the wings. Consider this your warning: The forecast for 2026 is hot, dry, and deafeningly loud.
Keep your windows up. Pamela Beach
The invasion has begun.
Shadows of the Coast is coming in 2026. But to understand the origin of the threat, and to survive the fog right now, you need the field guide. Get Book 1: The Morro Bay Fog-Mythos in Print
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Pamela Beach is a multi-genre author, poet, and lyricist who writes from her home on California’s foggy Central Coast. She is the creator of the “Morro Bay fog-mythos” and author of The Unstoppable You. You can read more of her work and explore her complete “fog-mythos” collection at her blog, Beyond the with Pamela Beach
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