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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

23 reviews

savvylit's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

This excellent collection features stories from twenty-six different indigenous authors from the so-called U.S. and Canada. The dark stories in Never Whistle at Night range from kinda weird to unsettling to downright disturbing. There's a tick that never stops growing larger, there's a werewolf, there's skinwalkers, there's undead folks, there's torture, there's possession, there's necromancy. Some of the scariest stories of all, though, are those that portray manifestations of trauma and genocide. There's one particular story - Sundays by David Heska Wanbli Weiden - about a man's experience at a residential school that absolutely wrecked me.

Overall, I would highly recommend Never Whistle at Night to anyone who loves fiction that's bizarre and/or scary. These stories are perfectly bite-sized forays into the dark. (It's all around us, you know.)

Thanks to @netgalley and @vintageanchorbooks for the advanced reader copy of Never Whistle at Night in exchange for my honest review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Child abuse

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Thanks to Vintage Books for the free copy of this book.

- NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT is a collection of horror stories by Indigenous authors. The stories range from the supernatural to the psychological, and each left me chilled and unsettled.
- While many of these stories feature literal monsters, many are primarily about the horrors of humans and the many lasting nightmares of colonization.
- There are several well-known authors included here - Orange, Dimaline, Rice, Hobson, etc., and many that are new to me, including a few authors whose debuts are forthcoming. This is definitely a collection to check out if you want to see the future of Indigenous literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Gore, and Gun violence

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Body horror, Gore, Racism, Gun violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Cannibalism, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Genocide, Colonisation, Abortion, and Chronic illness

Minor: Excrement, Misogyny, Death of parent, Animal death, Self harm, War, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Sexism, Infidelity, Drug use, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

Residential schools, MMIWG2S.