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# Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?” “Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little Heaven Featuring stories by: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. 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. These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales 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.

Review: The good stories were very good, the mid ones showed promise, the bad ones were interesting. - I am a Southern Native, which means my family is native to Mexico, Tecuexe and Nahua, however I am in community with Northern Natives and live in the states. This book contains a very wide variety of native based stories that play with the notion of the word HORROR. Some are creature stories, some are supernatural, some are just violent, but they are all chilling. They are read by different people but so far all good. I am still reading this book so I will just give my impressions of the first 3 and will include no spoilers. 1. Kushtuka: Action packed supernatural story in the cold Alaskan setting. Good pacing and incorporated some good elements of race relations without any activist or academic language. If you liked the new season of True Detective you'll like this. Gory. I liked it. 2. White Hills: This one is a psychological thriller dealing with a "white passing" character who finds herself amongst the higher class of racists; the torture is mostly mental and deals with a truly evil villain. This story was devastating to me, left me feeling disgusted and sad for the protagonist until the end. I could see this being the first or second chapter of a righteous serial killer novel. Good story. 3. Navajos don't...: A tale about trusting your gut and not ignoring red flags. Gay protagonist finds himself losing his grip on the boundaries he set for himself by a dominating good-looking white man. Slowly but surely, he is groomed by the man and does things, and has things done to him, that he swore he would never do. He is aware he is being groomed and should stop, but what is he being groomed for? A chilling read with an action-packed ending. So that's the first three, but I will mention there's a story within a story about a cat in this book that absolutely chilled me.
Review: A nicely curated collection of distinct and talented voices - A collection of very distinctive voices, horror-ish. 4 stars overall, with half of the stories being very strong 5 stars. Eagerly looking forward to the next collection. Even with the misses, the editors did well in their selections. * Kushtuka. 5 star. Spare, ruthless and efficient vengeance. I would have liked a lead in to the second strand, but otherwise excellent. * White Hills. 5 star. A brittle social climb / social reach faces a crossroads. A little too quick, a little too spare, but good. The end bumps this up. * NAVAJOS DON’T WEAR ELK TEETH. 4 star. R rated man on man toxic relationship like a gay Lifetime movie. Gripping but YMMV. * Wingless. 2 stars. A skeletal outline of a story; not bad for what it is, but somewhat slight, with an abrupt conclusion. * Quantum. 2 stars. A tale of divergent youth, and differential treatment. Unsettling. There feels like a few missing steps in the story. * Hunger. 5 stars. Intense, uncomfortable confrontation with a malevolent spirit, mostly from the spirit’s POV * Tick Talk. 5 star. Descriptive with unique turns of phrase. The New Orléans’ take: “the city melting into the Gulf like cardboard left out in the rain. Except for the Quarter. That was melting like a wedding cake under an August haze.” A crossways father/son reunion, then the left-turn aftermath. A lived in story. * The Ones Who Killed Us. 3 stars. Verbose. Well written but completely alien to spoken language. A ghostly resonance of unquenched vengeance. * Snakes are Born In The Dark. 4 stars. A strange, quick fever dream of a desert hike gone sideways. * Before I go. 5 stars. Tragic longing and the Night Mother. * Night in the Chrysalis. 3 stars. A quick overnight in a house horror * Behind Colin’s Eyes. 5 star. Very descriptive of person and place. Intense and ambiguous * Heart Shaped Clock. 3 star. Meandering study of a reckless character’s tragedy. Well constructed, YMMV. * Scariest. Story. Ever. 5 stars plus. An inspiring story as the key to the story of the title, then inspires again. * Human Eaters. 3 stars. A campfire warning. A little tension, a lot of folklore that is interesting but imprecise. * The Longest Street In the World. 5 stars plus. Humor, horror, and a shaggy demon to never get on the bad side of. * Dead owls. 5 star. An interesting story with an interesting twist at the end * The Prepper. 3 star. A brief history of a spiraling life. * Uncle Roberts Rides the Lightning. 5 stars plus. A spare, emotional, semi-tragic, efficient modern mythology. * Sundays. 3 stars. Decisions and vengeance. YMMV depending on how much a history of child abuse triggers. * Eulogy For A Brother, Resurrected. 5 Star. Detailed. Compelling. Intense. * Night Moves. 4 Stars. An efficient, quick werewolf story. * Capgras. 3 stars. A difficult main character, with a story that perhaps could have fleshed out how the underlying trauma came about. * The Scientist’s Horror Story. 5 stars. A two-version frame story that makes you think. * Collections. 5 star. A taut story of potential horror, in a bright mundane setting. * Limbs. 2 stars. A modern folk mythology. Gruesome, unpleasant, cliched. The pacing is rushed and uneven. An efficient conclusion, with the last two paragraphs echoing what could have been if the rest of the story was better.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #5,610 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Horror Collections & Anthologies (Books) #7 in Indigenous Fiction #38 in Short Stories Anthologies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,375 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The good stories were very good, the mid ones showed promise, the bad ones were interesting.
*by M***. on September 6, 2024*

I am a Southern Native, which means my family is native to Mexico, Tecuexe and Nahua, however I am in community with Northern Natives and live in the states. This book contains a very wide variety of native based stories that play with the notion of the word HORROR. Some are creature stories, some are supernatural, some are just violent, but they are all chilling. They are read by different people but so far all good. I am still reading this book so I will just give my impressions of the first 3 and will include no spoilers. 1. Kushtuka: Action packed supernatural story in the cold Alaskan setting. Good pacing and incorporated some good elements of race relations without any activist or academic language. If you liked the new season of True Detective you'll like this. Gory. I liked it. 2. White Hills: This one is a psychological thriller dealing with a "white passing" character who finds herself amongst the higher class of racists; the torture is mostly mental and deals with a truly evil villain. This story was devastating to me, left me feeling disgusted and sad for the protagonist until the end. I could see this being the first or second chapter of a righteous serial killer novel. Good story. 3. Navajos don't...: A tale about trusting your gut and not ignoring red flags. Gay protagonist finds himself losing his grip on the boundaries he set for himself by a dominating good-looking white man. Slowly but surely, he is groomed by the man and does things, and has things done to him, that he swore he would never do. He is aware he is being groomed and should stop, but what is he being groomed for? A chilling read with an action-packed ending. So that's the first three, but I will mention there's a story within a story about a cat in this book that absolutely chilled me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A nicely curated collection of distinct and talented voices
*by N***N on March 4, 2026*

A collection of very distinctive voices, horror-ish. 4 stars overall, with half of the stories being very strong 5 stars. Eagerly looking forward to the next collection. Even with the misses, the editors did well in their selections. * Kushtuka. 5 star. Spare, ruthless and efficient vengeance. I would have liked a lead in to the second strand, but otherwise excellent. * White Hills. 5 star. A brittle social climb / social reach faces a crossroads. A little too quick, a little too spare, but good. The end bumps this up. * NAVAJOS DON’T WEAR ELK TEETH. 4 star. R rated man on man toxic relationship like a gay Lifetime movie. Gripping but YMMV. * Wingless. 2 stars. A skeletal outline of a story; not bad for what it is, but somewhat slight, with an abrupt conclusion. * Quantum. 2 stars. A tale of divergent youth, and differential treatment. Unsettling. There feels like a few missing steps in the story. * Hunger. 5 stars. Intense, uncomfortable confrontation with a malevolent spirit, mostly from the spirit’s POV * Tick Talk. 5 star. Descriptive with unique turns of phrase. The New Orléans’ take: “the city melting into the Gulf like cardboard left out in the rain. Except for the Quarter. That was melting like a wedding cake under an August haze.” A crossways father/son reunion, then the left-turn aftermath. A lived in story. * The Ones Who Killed Us. 3 stars. Verbose. Well written but completely alien to spoken language. A ghostly resonance of unquenched vengeance. * Snakes are Born In The Dark. 4 stars. A strange, quick fever dream of a desert hike gone sideways. * Before I go. 5 stars. Tragic longing and the Night Mother. * Night in the Chrysalis. 3 stars. A quick overnight in a house horror * Behind Colin’s Eyes. 5 star. Very descriptive of person and place. Intense and ambiguous * Heart Shaped Clock. 3 star. Meandering study of a reckless character’s tragedy. Well constructed, YMMV. * Scariest. Story. Ever. 5 stars plus. An inspiring story as the key to the story of the title, then inspires again. * Human Eaters. 3 stars. A campfire warning. A little tension, a lot of folklore that is interesting but imprecise. * The Longest Street In the World. 5 stars plus. Humor, horror, and a shaggy demon to never get on the bad side of. * Dead owls. 5 star. An interesting story with an interesting twist at the end * The Prepper. 3 star. A brief history of a spiraling life. * Uncle Roberts Rides the Lightning. 5 stars plus. A spare, emotional, semi-tragic, efficient modern mythology. * Sundays. 3 stars. Decisions and vengeance. YMMV depending on how much a history of child abuse triggers. * Eulogy For A Brother, Resurrected. 5 Star. Detailed. Compelling. Intense. * Night Moves. 4 Stars. An efficient, quick werewolf story. * Capgras. 3 stars. A difficult main character, with a story that perhaps could have fleshed out how the underlying trauma came about. * The Scientist’s Horror Story. 5 stars. A two-version frame story that makes you think. * Collections. 5 star. A taut story of potential horror, in a bright mundane setting. * Limbs. 2 stars. A modern folk mythology. Gruesome, unpleasant, cliched. The pacing is rushed and uneven. An efficient conclusion, with the last two paragraphs echoing what could have been if the rest of the story was better.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spooky and beautifully written.
*by S***H on February 3, 2026*

This book is slowly becoming one of my favorite books. Sometimes I have to read it in the daylight with the lights on. Every writer tells stories in a way that has you on the edge of your seat. I grew up in a place where many of these folk tales were prevalent and it feels nice to see a piece of the mountains in a book. It gives off a cozy up around the fire and take turns telling ghost stories kind of feel. Absolutely love it.

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