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Never Whistle at Night

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

"A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?" Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls a Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl and snatch the foolish whistlers in the dark. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear-and even follow you home. In twenty-five wholly original and shiver-inducing tales, bestselling and award-winning authors including Tommy Orange, Rebecca Roanhorse, Cherie Dimaline, Waubgeshig Rice, and Mona Susan Power introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples' survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon"--

GenresAmerican fictionIndian authorsCanadian fictionFolk horror fiction, AmericanFolk horror fiction, CanadianIndians of North America

272 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 2023 by Vintage Books · ISBN 9780593468470

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4 editions

English

  • Never Whistle at Night · Vintage Books · 2023 · ISBN 9780593468470 · 2 readers This page
  • Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology · Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC · 2023 · ISBN 9780593468463 · 1 reader
  • Never Whistle at Night · Random House of Canada · 2023 · ISBN 9781039003798
  • Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Are You Ready to Be Un-Settled? · Random House of Canada · 2023 · ISBN 9781039003804

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