Join us for our November Fiction Book Club meeting on Thursday, November 7, at 5:30 p.m.
We will discuss Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
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About the novel:
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.
(*provided by publisher, Vintage)
About the authors:
SHANE HAWK (enrolled Cheyenne-Arapaho, Hidatsa and Potawatomi descent) is a history teacher by day and a horror writer by night. He entered the horror scene with his first publication, Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror, in October 2020. He lives in San Diego with his beautiful wife, Tori. Learn more by visiting shanehawk.com.
THEODORE C. VAN ALST, JR. (enrolled member, Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians) is the author of the novelSacred Smokes, winner of the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing, andSacred City, winner of the Electa Quinney Award for Published Stories.His Pushcart-nominated fiction has been published inSouthwest Review,Unnerving Magazine, Red Earth Review,The Journal of Working-Class Studies,Massachusetts Review,The Raven Chronicles, andYellow Medicine Review, among others. He is a professor and chair of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University.