Never whistle at night : an Indigenous dark fiction anthology
Call Number
- FICTION NEVE (CEN)
Publication Information
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.
Physical Description
xvi, 400 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"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"--
Notes
"A Vintage Books original"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Kushtuka / White Hills / Navajos don't wear elk teeth / Wingless / Quantum / Hunger / Tick talk / The Ones who killed us / Snakes are born in the dark / Before I go / Night in the chrysalis / Behind Colin's eyes / Heart-shaped clock / Scariest. Story. Ever. / Hunger eaters / The Longest street in the world / Dead owls / The Prepper / Uncle Robert rides the lightning / Sundays / Eulogy for a brother, resurrected / Night Moves / Capgras / The Scientist's horror story / Collections / Limbs