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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk
Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
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A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?”
“Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little Heaven.
Featuring stories by: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller.
Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home.
These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.
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Boozhoo Books\ \ Naomi\ \ • Apr 21 2025
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At Shelves and the City, I asked influencers to give me an Indigenous book they would recommend! Shout out to Joshua who wasn’t the only influencers to admit he hadn’t read one, but suggested he talk about it on film! You’ll also notice a lot of repeats! Nothing wrong with that! Great books! My hope is to get people to expand and read more books by Indigenous authors. At an event with over 100 readers, I passed out about 50 book bingo cards and if you didn’t get one and were there, drop a note in our chat and I will mail you one if you want! If you aren’t a member of my reader community on Bindery, joining is free (first 🔗) and I’ll be posting about my entire SATC experience and a post with all the books mentioned here to make them easy to check out! My goal with my publishing imprint, Boozhoo Books, is to help make sure people have several options in the genres they love to read #readindigenous #shelvesandthecity #bookinfluencer #bookrecommendations @steph ✨ 📚 ✡︎ (@starrysteph) @zach•booksthatslay @aubrei @priyanka 📚✨ @Alex @Amivi⁷ @serareadthat 🌿📖🤠 @SARAH @Rae @Mari - booktok + media reviews @maya @A Very Queer Book Club @Rachel Skye @EmmaSkies @Greekchoir🧋| Bailey @IG/YT: ashunti_reads @Seth | dramakingbooks @Emma Ann (@theaceofbooks) @Joshua @Michael LaBorn
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Boozhoo Books\ \ Naomi\ \ • Feb 12 2025
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Left Unread Books\ \ Michael LaBorn\ \ • Nov 4 2024
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Left Unread Books\ \ Michael LaBorn\ \ • Sep 1 2024
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[Thank you to everyone who stopped by on Friday and spent time with us! It was such an incredible experience, getting to celebrate these incredible authors and to encourage them in the important work they are doing!\ \ For those of you who missed it, one of the highlighting conversations we had was the way that Never Whistle at Night is not just an anthology, but one that highlights Indigenous people and opens the door for newer Indigneous voices. And y'all know that if there's one thing about me... I love anything that opens doors for more people of color.\ \ And even more exciting... they are doing it again.\ \ Starting this morning at 11am CST, the editors of Never Whistle at Night (Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Alst Jr) are looking for more indigenous voices to add to the sequel: Back for Blood! So if you are a North American Indigenous writer, and have a horror story idea, please submit your story for this amazing anthology.\ \ Here is the website to submit to: indigenoushorror.com\ \ MORE ABOUT THE AUTHORS\ \ Shane Hawk:\ \
- In addition to working on the sequel to Never Whistle at Night, Shane is also working on a horror play with fellow NWAN contributor Andrea L Rogers, which will premier on October 17th in Olympia Washington. It is titled: The Land has Spoken. And you can find more information HERE\
- Anoka ( Co-written with Seweryn Jasiński)\
- Shane also contributed to several other anthologies, including: Global Indigenous Horror collection (edited by Naomi Simone Borwein), Howls from Hell, and Diabolica Americana.\ \ Theodore C Van Alst Jr:\ \
- Pour One for the Devil\
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- The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones (EDITOR)\
- The Longest Street in the World: from Never Whistle at Night\ \ Andrea L Rogers\ \
- Andrea is working on a horror play with fellow NWAN contributor Shane Hawks, which will premier on October 17th in Olympia Washington. It is titled: The Land has Spoken.\
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Never Whistle at Night: More about the Authors
We met with six of the contributing authors to Never Whistle at Night on Friday August 30th and WOW, what an incredible time! If you want to see more about those authors, including their other projects, feel free to check out this post!
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Boozhoo Books\ \ Naomi\ \ • Aug 30 2024
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Left Unread Books\ \ Michael LaBorn\ \ • Aug 30 2024
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[Good morning! Tonight's Bookclub event is going to run a little different than it normally does, so I wanted to take some time to provide you a little bit of information.\ \ Our book this month was Never Whistle at Night, which is an Indigineous Dark Fiction Anthology featuring a wide list of incredible authors!\ \ So how will Bookclub be different tonight?\ \ First, we will be joined by several of the contributing authors. Seven in fact:\ \
- Shane Hawk\
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- Tiffany Morris\
- D.H. Trujillo\
- Andrea Rogers\ \ Usually, BookClub is an opportunity for us to talk about the book we are reading and to air out our thoughts, feelings and to talk about what we loved and hated about the book, but this month, I saw an opportunity for us to celebrate a group of incredible authors of color instead. So with them joining us, we will shift our focus a little bit to engaging with them, talking about their writing, celebrating their contribution to literature, and getting to know them. If you want to talk about their work, that is perfectly fine, but please reserve any criticism of their writing itself to my Bindery comment section and the discord, as that isn't something we should not be doing with authors present.\ \ Another change this month is that I have invited my good friend Naomi Darling to join me a s a co-host for the event. She is a major fan of this book and wanted to be a part, and with seven authors joining us, I thought it would be helpful to have two Bindery communities participating to make sure we give these authors a good turnout!\ \ I hope that you come out tonight! The event will take place at 6:30 pm CST and it will take place over Zoom. Here is a direct link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81685907028?pwd=OlxshseyRj3g2B4i5zDQzaGXTmAJob.1\\ \ Please come even if you haven't read the book! As our goal will be to celebrate these indigenous authors and since we won't be critiquing the book, it should be a largely spoiler free event!\ \ Also... INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! Help us make sure these authors get a wonderful turn out by inviting a few bookish friends to come help us celebrate indigenous authors!\ \ Thanks, y'all!](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/aMwxoeBn2zLaMvjCeRQS/)
Author Event: Never Whistle at Night Authors
If you are free TONIGHT at 6:30 pm CST, come join us as we spend time with seven of the authors from Never Whistle at Night, including both of its editors! It is going to be a great time talking writing, literature and whatever else you guys bring to the table! So come ready to ENGAGE! And spread the word! Let's make sure these authors get a great turn out!!!
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Aug 28 2024
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Left Unread Books\ \ Michael LaBorn\ \ • Aug 22 2024
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Hi, everyone! We have two virtual events coming up and I wanted to give you the zoom info! The first one is TOMORROW, August 23rd, with Fantasy author Isabelle Olmo. And the second is next Friday, August 30th, which is our normal Bookclub meeting...but THIS month, I have invited author Shane Hawk (editor of Never Whistle at Night) to come join us! There MAY be another author or two as well...we'll see. I'm working on it! Click below for the zoom info for both events!
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Aug 2 2024
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i’m getting engaged? destroying my book slump? readathon? | july wrap up
☆ everything I mentioned (in order) ↓ - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - To Shape A Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose - Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley - The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington - Never Whistle At Night - Barda by Ngozi Ukazu - Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
☆ resources ☆ 🇵🇸 learn more about the history of Palestine: https://decolonizepalestine.com/ 🇨🇩 learn more about what's happening in the DRC: https://friendsofthecongo.org/ 🇸🇩 Sudan Solidarity Collective: https://sudansolidarity.com/
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Left Unread Books\ \ Michael LaBorn\ \ • Jul 28 2024
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[SOME OF MY FAVORITE HORROR BOOKS\ \
- **Bad Cree by Jessica Johns: **I don't even know what to say about this book, other than it terrified me to my core! It follows a young Cree woman years after the death of her sister. She begins to have terrifying dreams about their last weekend together, followed by a string of seamingly supernatural occurances that forces her to flee back home to her mother and aunties, who help her uncover the truth of what really happened to her big sister...and what may just happen to her if she isn't careful.\
- **No One's Gonna Take Her Soul Away by Amanda Weaver: **This book follows a Black woman who is murdered and unjustly sent to the seventh level of hell, where she must partner together with a werewolf and a vampire in order to fight her way through all seven levels of hell in order to confront the goddess that condemned her there.\
- **The Getaway by Lamar Giles: **This book was...intense. Not haunting in the way that _Bad CreeI was, _but incredible and terrifying in it's own way. This is probably more of a dystopian book than a horror book, but it shook me and I made the list, so I can include it if I want to. bahahaha! The book follows a young man who works in one of the nations only remaining resorts in a post-apocalyptic world, where natural disaster and war has ravaged most of the known world. As an employee, he must serve the American elite who can afford to vacation there. But when he uncovers a conspiracy happening among the guests, his life and everything he's ever known will be in jeopardy.\ \ NOTABLE MENTIONS THAT I HAVEN'T READ YET\ \
- **Fledgling by Octavia Butler: **If you know who Octavia Butler is, I'm sure you're as excited as I am to read this! Fledgling is often called the world's best vampire book. On the other hand, it is also often called the most haunting vampire story out there. So...yeah... I definitely wanna read this one!\
- **Never Whistle at Night: **This is an indigneous horror anthology that I have been told is PHENOMENAL! I cannot wait to read this! Which is lucky for me, because it is also our bookclub pick for August! So make sure you grab a copy so you can read along with me!\ \ \ \ \ \ ](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/avfOyYnfOgzWQT3khN5e/)
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Left Unread Books\ \ Michael LaBorn\ \ • Jul 27 2024
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Never Whistle at Night is an Indigenous dark fiction anthology featuring stories by some of the most prolific Indigenous authors of our generation, inclusing Cherie Dimaline, Tommy Orange and Rebecca Roanhorse. We will start reading on August 1st and Virtual Bookclub will take place August 30th! Click the book attached to this post for links to purchase the book! And make sure you sync your discord so you can chat with me throughout the month!
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Boozhoo Books\ \ Naomi\ \ • Jun 29 2024
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