Veld’s Reviews > Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology > Status Update

COLLECTIONS (Amber Blaeser-Wardzala)

This was really interesting, especially the further into the story I read. I really wish there were more to the ending instead of just leaving off where it did, even a few paragraphs more. It didn’t feel finished to me.
Otherwise it was quite good and worth a reread!

THE SCIENTIST’S HORROR STORY (Darcie Little Badger)
Something about science in horror really gets my heart pumping and my brain panicking. Loved this story and it’s made me realize I should really get more of Darcie Little Badgers works, as I loved this and “Elatsoe”!

Capgras (Tommy Orange)

Im not entirely sure what to make of this story, but it was good, gripping.

Night Moves (Andrea L Rogers)
Hütet euch vor dem Wolf.
Protect yourself from the wolf.

Eulogy for a Brother, Resurrected (Carson Faust)

I can tell you the cost of my brother’s body.

This was an interesting story of grief and resurrection. I am both glad it ended where it did, while also wanting more.

Sundays (David Heska Wanbli Weiden)
A look at the horrors faced by some in residential schools. :(

Uncle Robert Rides the Lightning (Kate Hart)
An interesting series of snapshots about one no longer here.

The Prepper (Morgan Talty)
This was an interesting story about mental illness and looking back on the way it can twist words, events, stories when unwell to fit the narrative one’s unwell brain may come up with. It was good!

Dead Owls (Mona Susan Power).

I liked the full circle moment with the cranes as protection.

The Longest Street in the World
Interesting character relationship! It was a good, quick read once I got into it. (Text formatting was almost like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with how it went across the page sometimes!)