A few years ago, the anthology Never Whistle at Night burst onto the horror fiction scene, introducing readers to a whole slew of talented indigenous authors right when the meteoric rise of Stephen Graham Jones was making Native horror a hot topic. Now those same editors are back with a followup anthology. Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr, came out on August 18. If you loved the first volume or are just interested in expanding your horror horizons, definitely check this one out! Continue reading Review of Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II
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Review of Never Whistle at Night—Indiginous Horror
From “wendigos” to “Indian burial grounds,” the folklore and tragic history of North America’s indigenous populations has frequently been mined for inspiration and twisted to suit the purposes of horror authors writing outside of their own cultures. In recent years, however, we’ve seen a real rise in the number of indigenous voices within the horror scene telling their own stories. A new collection of short horror stories celebrates this surge of Native American writers: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. This anthology, which contains twenty-six stories plus a foreword by Stephen Graham Jones, came out just last week, in plenty of time for spooky season. Continue reading Review of Never Whistle at Night—Indiginous Horror