The Shore

A curious delight from this year's Kitschies newbie list that gently SFnalizes the Virginia seashore over several generations of two families on through to near-future gentle apocalypse. Where magic realism meets Mason Dixon South, there's a tinge of what's maybe coastal Appalachia culture (?) that makes this curiouser and curiouser. With strong writing swirling with conflict, historic momentum, and minor magicks, perhaps the only objectionable piece is the too-often depiction of Native Americans as nothing more that magical shamans which causes a few winces in a few places.