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

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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