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A review by yourbookishbff
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
This is really a remarkable collection of short-form horror. I'm hardly its target audience (I'm a wimp!), but I do love a number of these authors and have read their other work, and was intrigued by the premise for this particular collection. Some of these stories are genuinely terrifying, others heartbreaking, others unsettling, but all felt earnest and raw. Woven throughout these stories are narratives of colonization and genocide, multigenerational trauma and displacement. Highly recommend for horror and dark fiction fans, and for those who, like me, will occasionally dabble if the time is just right.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail