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

21 reviews

kat_c_h's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I love the mix of short stories from different indigenous authors. Some I deeply loved while others I really struggled to get through. I loved the integration of different folk tails.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Colonisation, Racism, Death, and Cursing

phoenix13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Suicide

acepiary's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Hate crime, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Animal death, Colonisation, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Body horror

gnomeguy1138's review

dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Blood, Death, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Death of parent, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Minor: War, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Genocide, Death, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, and Car accident

maryellen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Death, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Confinement, and Cultural appropriation

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

yinflower's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Physical abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Colonisation, Murder, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Genocide, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Rape, and Gun violence

sadgirlsidney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

 Favorite of all: Hunter

Other favorites in order of appearance

Kushtka

Navajos don’t wear elk teeth

Behind Colin’s Eyes- I’d honestly take a full novel of this and Hunter 

Scariest Story Ever

Collections

Limbs

Content warnings for specific stories in the spoiler section!

Before I realized I wanted to create a content warning I did delete notes on several stories that contained body horror so just be aware that if that icks you out there are several stories with that included.

Navajos Don’t Wear Elk Teeth- Dubious consent bordering on rape.  Sunday- Rape, pedophilia. Limbs- Gore, torture, cannibalism

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Pedophilia, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Suicide, and Rape

booktribe's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow… This collection was amazing! I went in with such high hopes and it DELIVERED! So many of the stories were truly terrifying and had me on the edge of my seat! (If you’re scary, don’t read this collection before bed lol) And even the stories that weren’t terrifying were still great horror stories!

Go into this collection knowing that it will be an Indigenous horror collection, but not all of the stories are “never whistle at night” stories. I think the description is a little misleading because I went in thinking all the stories would have that theme, but they don’t. Several stories do have that theme, but there are lots of stories with different elements and types of horror!

With any anthology there will be hits and misses but the hits were so amazing like Snakes are Born in the Dark by D. H. Trujillo, Kushtuka by Mathilda Zeller, Before I Go by Norris Black plus so many more, that I HAD to give this collection 5 stars!! 

Every horror lover needs to pick this collection up right now!!!

**Individual story ratings:**

📚Kushtuka by Mathilda Zeller: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚White Hills by Rebecca Roanhorse: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Navajos Don’t Wear Elk Teeth by Conley Lyons: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Wingless by Marcie R. Rendon: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (TW: child abuse, graphic animal cruelty & death)

📚Quantum by Nick Medina: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Hunger by Phoenix Boudreau: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Tick Talk by Cherie Dimaline: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚The Ones Who Killed Us by Brandon Hobson: DNF (Too all over the place)

📚Snakes are Born in the Dark by D. H. Trujillo: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (my absolute FAVORITE story of the collection; TW: racism, racial slur)

📚Before I Go by Norris Black: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (the scariest story!)

📚Night in the Chrysalis by Tiffany Morris: DNF

📚Behind Colin’s Eyes by Shane Hawk: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Heart Shaped Clock by Kelli Jo Ford: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: drug use, domestic violence, child abandonment)

📚Scariest. Story. Ever by Richard Van Camp: ⭐️⭐️✨

📚Human Eaters by Royce K. Young Wolf: ⭐️⭐️

📚The Longest Street in the World by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. : DNF (too weird lol)

📚Dead Owls by Mona Susan Power: ⭐️⭐️✨

📚The Prepper by Morgan Talty: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Uncle Robert Rides the Lightning by Kate Hart: DNF (I’m so bored)

📚Sundays by David Heska Wanbli Weiden: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Tw: sexual assault of a child, residential schools, suicide, child death)

📚Eulogy for a Brother, Resurrected by Carson Faust: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Night Moves by Andrea L. Rogers: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Capgras by Tommy Orange: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

📚The Scientist’s Horror Story by Darcie Little Badger: ⭐️ (a COMPLETE waste of time)

📚Collections by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚Limbs by Waubgeshig Rice: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Child death, Racism, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Racial slurs