Shane Hawk
Shane Hawk is a horror writer, editor, and creator of the Native Horror Index. He serves as a contributing editor at Counterpoint Press, where he exclusively acquires and edits works by Indigenous North American writers. Hawk is the coeditor of the bestselling anthology series Never Whistle at Night and cowriter of the horror stage play The Land Has Spoken. He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and daughter, and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
back for blood publishes in:
CALENDAR:
| Date(s) | Event |
|---|---|
| Jul 24-25 | San Diego Comic-Con |
| Aug 8 | Dark Summer Book Fest |
| Aug 18 | NWAN 2 Launch @ The Book Catapult |
| Aug 24 | Author Visit @ wordfest in Calgary |
| Aug 29-30 | WorldCon 2026 in Anaheim |
| Sep 16 | Virtual Talk @ Texas Christian univ |
| Sep 25 | Author Visit @ Oceanside Library |
| Oct 7 | with Joey Clift @ Mysterious Galaxy |
| Oct 9-11 | Author Visit @ University of Tulsa |
| Oct 15 | w/ Mathilda Zeller @ Mysterious Galaxy |
| Oct 17 | Panels & Signing @ Scream Diego |
| Oct 22-24 | Author Visit @ BGSU |
| Oct 31 | The Land Has Spoken @ UH Mānoa |
| Nov 3 | with Tommy Orange @ Local Economy |
Comic-Con schedule:
Short Fiction
ANOKA (2020)A collection of six short horror stories that is no longer in print. Click here for the free ebook. If you find any value in these early stories I wrote, please consider sending me that value back via PayPal:
NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT (2023)An award-winning and bestselling anthology of 26 dark fiction stories all authored by Indigenous North American writers.Winner of the 2023 Electa Quinney Award. Nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award, and Shirley Jackson Award.Over 300,000 copies sold.
100 weeks on Indie Bestsellers List.Seen on Netflix's The Four Seasons on S02E03.
Chosen by Obamas to be featured inside the President's Reading Room at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
BACK FOR BLOOD: NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II (2026)The highly anticipated follow-up to the original Never Whistle at Night anthology. 21 new stories from Indigenous North American authors, all accompanied by illustrations from Brent Learned.
Starred review from Library Journal
Summer 2026 LibraryReads Pick
Stage Plays
THE LAND HAS SPOKEN (2024)A horror stage play I cowrote with Andrea L. Rogers, produced by Indigenous Performance Productions. Two shows in October 2024 in Olympia and Bellingham, Washington. Will tour the Hawaiian Islands during Halloween 2026.
Contact
For all requests (booking, film/tv),
please reach out to:
[email protected]For all Counterpoint queries,
please send pitches and manuscripts to:
[email protected]For queries specific to the Native Horror Index,
please contact me using:
[email protected]For everything else,
please contact me directly at:
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