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Back for Blood Release Event: Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II
Featured Book
Back for Blood Never Whistle at Night Part II
The bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. From monsters to mutilation, Never Whistle at Night is back for revenge. Featuring stories by: Jessica Doe • P.C. Verrone • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Jim Terry • Jessica Johns • A.J. Eversole • Sonia Marie Barry • Shane Hawk • Stephen Graham Jones • Alicia Elliott • Mat RudeWalker • Shaawan Francis Keahna • Billy-Ray Belcourt • Jake Arrowtop • Alina Pete • Debra Magpie Earling • Joshua Whitehead • Tommy Orange • Ramona Emerson • Erica Tremblay • Kimberly Blaeser They’re baaaaaaaaaack! As any savvy horror fan knows: the monster never truly dies. The team that brought you the bestselling dark fiction anthology Never Whistle at Night has risen, hungry, from the grave to summon more dark delicacies for your delectation. In these twenty-one brand-new, groundbreaking, gruesome stories—authored by both established and newly unearthed Indigenous talent and illustrated by renowned Cheyenne and Arapaho painter Brent Learned—the contributors are fully embracing horror: both supernatural horrors and the everyday horror of living under colonialist rule. Featuring stories of unspeakable yet satisfying terror, from twisted psychological tales to gore-filled monster hunts, this new selection of sinister stories will sate your darkest appetites and leave you slavering for more. Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood is a further celebration of Indigenous survival and the enduring tradition of transforming adversity into art.
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Back for Blood
Release Event: Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II
Bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology, Never Whistle at Night, is back for revenge. Join co-editor, Theodore C Van Alst Jr., and contributors, Jim Terry and Mathilda Zeller, to celebrate Never Whistle at Night Part II: Back for Blood. The evening will include reading and Q&A followed by book signing.
Featured Author
Theodore C Van Alst Jr.,
THEODORE C. VAN ALST, JR. (enrolled Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians) is the author of a Chicago-set novel, The El, and the award-winning story collections Sacred Smokes and Sacred City, and Sacred Folks, the final book in the trilogy. He is the co-editor of the nationally bestselling Never Whistle at Night. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, Chicago Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Red Earth Review, Massachusetts Review, Indian Country Today, and elsewhere.
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City Lit Books
Located in the heart of Logan Square, City Lit specializes in contemporary fiction and non-fiction, with a richly curated collection of children's literature, speculative fiction, poetry, and more. Our store is a literary hub for the community, hosting many book clubs, poetry readings, and author events.
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