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Shane Hawk

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July 31, 1990

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Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Shane Hawk is an Indigenous horror writer, editor, and screenwriter, and an enrolled member of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He is best known as the co-editor of the bestselling anthology series Never Whistle at Night, which is now in its second volume with more than twenty printings. His debut collection Anoka was released in 2020 and became part of a growing wave of Indigenous Horror reshaping the genre. Hawk has an original TV series and feature film in development. He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and daughter.

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	Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Never Whistle at Night, #1) by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 34,322 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anoka 3.68 avg rating — 1,427 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rules of the Road by C.B. Jones (Goodreads Author), Christopher O’Halloran (Narrator), Dodge the Grave (Narrator) 3.82 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Howls From Hell by Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author), M. David Clarkson, Amanda Nevada DeMel 3.64 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II: An Indigenous Horror Anthology (Never Whistle at Night, #2) by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 129 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Nunca Assobie À Noite: Antologia Indígena De Ficção Fantástica Ancestral by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Never Whistle at Night (2 books)
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Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

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The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained

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The Scourge Between Stars

by Ness Brown

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All's Well

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Héébe/Tous, horror kin! My name is Shane Hawk, and I’m the co-editor of the Never Whistle at Night Indigenous anthology series. This is not a review so much as a field note from the coeditor, left here early for the folks eager to run into the darknes ...more
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This book doesn’t whisper. It roars from the edges of space, memory, and grief. Hole in the Sky is Indigenous sci-fi at its rawest: part cosmic threat, part broken father-daughter elegy, part fever dream of classified government failures. The humanit ...more
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“There was something outside the house that was clearly murderous and looked just like me. There was something inside me that was clearly murderous and felt nothing like me.”
― Shane Hawk, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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“Old things deserve respect. Makes me feel bad whenever Dad and I do our job, clearing trees for the forestry service. All of them trees earned their rings, then thwack, gone.”
― Shane Hawk, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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“Each room contained the ghosts of future memories.”
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