[PREORDER] Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II

PRE-ORDER, RELEASES MID-LATE AUGUST 2026

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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.

They're baaaaaaaack!

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 from the grave, hungry, 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—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. Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II is a further celebration of Indigenous survival and the enduring tradition of transforming adversity into art.

About the Editors

SHANE HAWK (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) is a horror writer and contributing editor at Counterpoint Press. His debut collection, Anoka, was released in 2020 and contributed to the growing wave of Indigenous Horror reshaping the genre. Hawk is widely known as the co-editor of the bestselling anthology series Never Whistle at Night. He has also co-written a horror stage play titled The Land HasSpoken and has an original television series in development.

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, Sacred City, and Sacred Folks, the final book in the trilogy.He is the co-editor of the nationally bestselling Never Whistle at Night anthology. 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.