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26 Indigenous authored short stories come together to form this sharp and unsettling horror anthology which was edited by Shane Hawk (Cheyenne/Arapaho) and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Chippewa/Ottawa) and features an incredible foreword by Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfoot.)

It’s no surprise that Never Whistle at Night continues to chart as each story is visceral in it’s own unique way and pulsating with energy. There were a plethora of stories written by my favourite authors and a lot of new-to-me writers as well.

Many genres have misrepresented Indigenous people, dark fiction/horror included, but what happens when Indigenous folks write the stories? The result is magnificent. Told with passion and alive with tradition and storytelling across various tribes.

We witness the importance of oral storytelling, how our Elders, family and communities shape who we are, the choices we make and the stories we tell, how the cautionary tales we’re told as children follow us for the rest of our lives and are passed on & on & on, how many people may simply see fiction but niijiis see a story that reminds us about Little People and a tale our cousin told us when we were five and how two weeks later four of our socks were missing and there were tiny foot prints all over the inside of our closet walls.

(side note: my mom left out candy with some tobacco every month if too many socks we’re going missing lol.)

A strong recommendation from myself. Miigwech to Shane and @vintageanchorbooks for making sure I received an e-copy to review!