Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II | edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst
Description
The bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. From monsters to mutilation, Never Whistle at Night is back for revenge.
Featuring stories by:
Jessica Doe • P.C. Verrone • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Jim Terry • Jessica Johns • A.J. Eversole • Sonia Marie Barry • Shane Hawk • StephenGraham Jones • Alicia Elliott • Mat RudeWalker • Shaawan Francis Keahna • Billy-Ray Belcourt • Jake Arrowtop • Alina Pete • Debra Magpie Earling • Joshua Whitehead • Tommy Orange • Ramona Emerson • Erica Tremblay • Kimberly Blaeser
They're baaaaaaaack!
As any savvy horror fan knows, the monster never truly dies. The team that brought you the bestselling dark fiction anthologyNever Whistle at Night has risen from the grave, hungry, to summon more dark delicacies for your delectation. In these twenty-one brand-new, groundbreaking, gruesome stories—authored by both established and newly unearthed Indigenous talent—the contributors are fully embracing horror: both supernatural horrors and the everyday horror of living under colonialist rule.
Featuring stories of unspeakable yet satisfying terror, fromtwisted psychological tales to gore-filled monster hunts, this new selection of sinister stories will sate your darkest appetites and leave you slavering for more. Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II is a further celebration of Indigenous survival and the enduring tradition of transforming adversity into art.
Contributor Bio
SHANE HAWK (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) is a horror writer and contributing editor at Counterpoint Press. His debut collection, Anoka, was released in 2020 and contributed to the growing wave of Indigenous Horror reshaping the genre. Hawk is widely known as the co-editor of the bestselling anthology series Never Whistle at Night. He has also co-written a horror stage play titled The Land HasSpoken and has an original television series in development.
THEODORE C. VAN ALST JR. (enrolled Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians) is the author of a Chicago-set novel, The El, and the award-winning story collections Sacred Smokes, Sacred City, and Sacred Folks, the final book in the trilogy.He is the co-editor of the nationally bestselling Never Whistle at Night anthology. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, Chicago Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Red Earth Review, Massachusetts Review, Indian Country Today, and elsewhere.
More details
- Penguin Random House
- Imprint : McClelland & Stewart
- On Sale: Aug 06/26
- Paperback | 5 x 7.8
- FICTION / Native American & Aboriginal
- 9780771025419
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