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Never whistle at night : an Indigenous dark fiction anthology / edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., editors.
"Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Huakaipo, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls a Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl and snatch the foolish whistlers in the dark. 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. In twenty-five wholly original and shiver-inducing tales, bestselling and award-winning authors including Tommy Orange, Rebecca Roanhorse, Cherie Dimaline, Waubgeshig Rice, and Mona Susan Power 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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781039003798 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 416 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada : 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Kushtuka / Mathilda Zeller -- White hills / Rebecca Roanhorse -- Navajos don't wear elk teeth / Conley Lyons -- Wingless / Marcie R. Rendon -- Quantum / Nick Medina -- Hunger / Phoenix Boudreau -- Tick talk / Cherie Dimaline -- The ones who killed us / Brandon Hobson -- Snakes are born in the dark / D.H. Trujillo -- Before I go / Norris Black -- Night in the chrysalis / Tiffany Morris -- Behind Colin's eyes / Shane Hawk -- Heart-shaped clock / Kelli Jo Ford -- Scariest. story. ever. / Richard Van Camp -- Human eaters / Royce K. Young Wolf -- The longest street in the world / Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. -- Dead owls / Mona Susan Power -- The prepper / Morgan Talty -- Uncle Robert rides the lightning / Kate Hart -- Sundays / David Heska Wanbli Weiden -- Eulogy for a brother. Resurrected / Carson Faust -- Night moves / Andrea L. Rogers -- Capgras / Tommy Orange -- The scientist's horror story / Darcie Little Badger -- Collections / Amber Blaeser-Wardzala -- Limbs / Waubgeshig Rice.
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- Subject:
- Indigenous peoples > North America > Fiction.
Spirits > Fiction. - Genre:
- Paranormal fiction.
Short stories.
North American Indigenous fiction. - Topic Heading:
- Indigneous collection.
Available copies
- 8 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 2 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Fort St. James Public Library | NEV (Text) | 35196000329578 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC NEV (Text) | 35146002378487 | Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-25 |
| Creston Public Library | FIC NEV (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100128472 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC HAW (Text) | 35136000668625 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-25 |
| Fraser Lake Public Library | AFTPB HOR NEV (Text) | 35195000342607 | Main Floor - Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Nev (Text) | 32665002337485 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| McBride | Fic Nev (Text) | 35191000383345 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nelson Public Library | F NEV (Text) | 3514830039561 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-02 |
| Prince Rupert Library | Neve (Text) | 33294002172856 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-23 |
| Quesnel Branch | 823.087308 NEV (Text) | 33923006638278 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | In process | - |
SHANE HAWK (enrolled Cheyenne-Arapaho, Hidatsa and Potawatomi descent) is a history teacher by day and a horror writer by night. Hawk is the author of Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror and other short fiction featured in numerous anthologies. He lives in San Diego with his beautiful wife, Tori. Learn more by visiting shanehawk.com.
THEODORE C. VAN ALST, JR. (enrolled member, Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians) is the author of Tillie Olsen Award Winning Sacred Smokes (2018, now in its third printing) and Electa Quinney Award Winning Sacred City (2021) as well as the editor of The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones (2015), all from the University of New Mexico Press. His work has been published in Southwest Review, The Rumpus, Red Earth Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Chicago Review, Electric Literature, and Indian Country Today, among others.