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.

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!)

Scariest story Ever: This went somewhere I wasn’t expecting but I LOVE the message. As someone who is working, themself, to record and share the stories of their own elders, I think this is so important. Record your elders stories. Share them. Don’t let their stories die.