Shane Hawk
@shanehawk
🪶 Cheyenne & Arapaho 📥 Editor at Counterpoint Press 📚 NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT series 👤 Rep: Rachel Letofsky shanehawk.com
Preview of my story, “IVOЯIES,” which is a descendant of my story from the original Never Whistle at Night, just 50 years down the bloodline. Each story is accompanied by an illustration by Cheyenne and Arapaho painter Brent Learned. Consider a preorder at NWAN2.com 11 days until release…
BACK FOR BLOOD: SCARY STORYTIME SWEEPSTAKES Happy Summerween! We’ve partnered with Urban Native Era and Eighth Generation to give you a chance to win a bundle of prizes for a cozy campfire or wherever you may delight in fright. ENTER HERE: sites.prh.com/backforblood... #Indigenous #horror #books
And of course, the pro-genAI HWA trustee who penned this screed, Séphera Girón, uses us (Indigenous people) and spits us out just like the plagiarism machine they love so much. Grotesque.
Unboxing my editor copies of NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II: BACK FOR BLOOD. Preorder now—trade paperback, large print paperback, audiobook, and/or ebook—to guarantee a day-one Indigenous Horror experience. NWAN2.com
We are giving away 25 official copies (not ARCs) of NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II: BACK FOR BLOOD over on Goodreads. Visit the anthology’s landing page and click “Enter Giveaway” to read the rules and enter. 🇺🇸 only. www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #Indigenous #horror #books
Ahhhh! Jeff C. Carter recently had me on his podcast, We Bleed Orange & Black, to discuss Indigenous Horror, Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood, and the Native Horror Index I created over the last year. It was a great time, and it’s available wherever you get your podcasts.
I’ll be at WorldCon 2026 in Anaheim for a few panels and a reading. Catch me Saturday and Sunday that last weekend of August and say hey. As you can see, I’ll be in great company. Can’t wait.
The original NWAN had phenomenal preorder numbers because of community—hoping for a repeat with BACK FOR BLOOD! 21 stories. 22 illustrations. Trade paperback. Full cast audiobook. Large print edition. Ebook too. No matter your format, we’d love your support with a preorder. NWAN2.com
Please consider preordering my homie’s funny-ass book today! I loved writing its foreword and can’t wait for our joint event in San Diego at Mysterious Galaxy on October 7th. JoeyCliftBook.com
COMIC-CON 2026 IS HERE. If you’d like to see me talk horror or scribble my name onto something of yours, you now know where and when to find me. Excited to see all of you.
Cool shit from INDIGI-CON 2026! Hummingbird print by @kreativenative.bsky.social, Tsalagi-fied Batman lunchbox by Tom Farris, frybread auntie by @daleraydeforest.bsky.social, stickers from @macnezpod.bsky.social, horror comic anthology edited by Blackfeet writer-illustrator @jadelowder.bsky.social
Currently watching the late Jeff Barnaby’s BLOOD QUANTUM to refresh my memory; I’ll be on The Celluloid Crypt’s Twitch channel tomorrow at 7pm ET. It’ll be uploaded on YouTube later at youtube.com/@folkandmyth Jeff, wish we got to see more badass stuff from you, brother…
Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood is a LibraryReads pick for August 2026!! Essentially, librarians and library staff are polled across the country, and they choose the top 10 books to read every month. An honor. We love libraries and everyone who works in them!
NWAN2.com — 08.18.26 NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II: BACK FOR BLOOD really deserves your preorder and to hit your doorstep on day one next month. Find out why so many are claiming it’s surpassed its predecessor and why they’re clamoring for a Part III. Preorder today!
San Diego Comic-Con 2026 is less than two weeks away! Here’s my schedule which comprises a PRH booth signing and two panels, each with their designated signings. Let me know if you’re heading to SDCC this year! Will try my best to say hey to everyone.
Here’s my blurb for Eden Robinson’s next novel. Publishing Sept 29, 2026! You can preorder it at this link or your preferred bookstore: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/760815...
I contacted the Obama Foundation after we discovered NWAN was hand selected for the President’s Reading Room at the newly opened Obama Presidential Center and requested a photo. Here are librarians Marcus & Jo proudly holding the immortalized copy of NWAN in the PRR this afternoon. Honored!
25% off until tomorrow, Fri June 26th at Barnes & Noble in-store and online! Use coupon code PREORDER25 after you put Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood in your shopping cart. High preorder numbers will help us make Part III a reality. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/back-for-b... #horror
Please consider helping my homie Tai Leclaire make his Native Horror-Comedy short film, CHEYENNE. Tai offers great incentives for different pledge levels on Seed and Spark. I personally sent $100 because I believe in him plus I’m able to, but anything helps, truly!! seedandspark.com/fund/cheyenne
ICYMI: Our Indigenous horror anthology, Never Whistle at Night, got a minute of screen time on NETFLIX! Specifically S02E03 of “The Four Seasons.” We are so grateful for this random display of appreciation 😊
So you know how the Obama Presidential Center just opened in Chicago on Juneteenth? How it not only has a library but a specific President’s Reading Room featuring books personally chosen by the Obamas? NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT is one of those books. @tvayyyy.bsky.social
Since a lot of folks in the comments of this Instagram post are looking for this tee, I have the link below. You can get it as an adult/youth tee, crewneck sweatshirt, or hoodie. 30% of all my profits go to NDN Girls Book Club! (Original photo by lit.erallymoody on IG) www.bonfire.com/undead-elk/
My first IMDb credit as a producer is for the amazing documentary, The Thing Expanded (2026). That’s cool enough, but then all the merch was sent too. Blu-ray disc with commemorative booklet, T-shirt, poster, and an Outpost 31 patch. 🤘🪶 #thethingexpanded #horrormovies
Excited to announce my second acquisition for Counterpoint Press: TRANSLATOR by Brian Young, his debut adult thriller due Summer 2027. You’re all gonna love this one! #Indigenous #thriller #booksky #book
It appears again later in the same episode with like 9 seconds of air time of the front cover!