I don’t know why I’ve avoided Bentley Little for so long. I read his novel The Walking  when it came out, and half of The Town  years ago, but neither novel caught my attention so much that I stuck with him. That says more about me though than it does about Little, because after finally coming around to reading The Store, there is no doubt in my mind that Little is a damn fine writer. And The Store  is an underrated masterpiece of the genre.

The Store  succeeds where many other horror novels...