Pine Cove

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Pine Cove is a fictional town on the California coast, at the entrance to Big Sur. It serves as the setting for some of the novels by absurdist fiction writer Christopher Moore, who modeled it on his former residence of Cambria, California. Although in the past it had been a major whaling station, in modern times the town has dwindled in importance to the level of being a tourist trap; more importantly, for some reason it has developed a propensity for the supernatural, as represented by appearances of a demon from Hell, a sea monster, and zombies.

Pine Cove is the primary setting for Moore's novels Practical Demonkeeping, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, and The Stupidest Angel, and is also mentioned in Bloodsucking Fiends and Coyote Blue. More recently, the American writer Robert Tacoma sets the opening chapter of his novel Key Witch (2006) in this town.

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Pine Cove is a Town Just north of Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains of California. It has a population of approximately 3,500 people.

Pine Cove is the name of a group of Christian summer camps located in Tyler, TX.