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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.

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short fiction books

ANOKA (2020)A collection of six short horror stories that is no longer in print. Includes my original stories: Soilborne, Wounded, Orange, Imitate, Dead America, and Transfigured.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.The audiobook edition features a cast of 10 Indigenous voice actors, including Kaniehtiio Horn and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.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.

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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 Brent Learned's spooky illustrations. This amazing new collection publishes August 18, 2026.

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. Dramaturged by Kyla Garcia who is also the lead actor, alongside actors Lorna Bowen, Kalani Queypo, and Andrew Roa.TLHS debuted October 2024 in Olympia with 745 seats filled, then 860 seats filled the following night in Bellingham, Washington. Will tour three Hawaiian Islands (Big Island, Maui, and Oahu) during Halloween week 2026.

short stories

"Imitate"
_{Originally published in ANOKA, 2020
Reprinted in First Peoples Shared Stories, 2022}


“Dead America”
_{Originally published in ANOKA, 2020
Reprinted in Diabolica Americana, 2022}


"She's Taken Away"
_{Originally published in Howls from Hell, 2020}


"Vé'otsé'e (Warpath Woman)"
_{Originally published in MOTHER, 2022}


"Night Woman"
_{Originally published in A Howl: An Indigenous Comic Anthology of Wolves, Werewolves, and Rougarou, 2022}


"Skin Maps"
_{Originally published in Morbidologies, 2023}


"Behind Colin's Eyes"
_{Originally published in Never Whistle at Night, 2023}


“The Settler Method”
_{Originally published in Nightmare Grifters, 2026}


"IVOЯIES"
_{Originally published in Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood, 2026}


"Where the Land Opened Its Mouth"
_{Originally published in Howls from the Drive-In, 2027
Reprinted in The Best Native Writing from IAIA, 2027}

nonfiction

"Portals, Possessions, and Prose:
The Multifaceted World of The Babysitter Lives"
_{Nightmare Magazine | Issue 134 | Nov 2023}


Preface for Global Indigenous Horror (2025)
_{edited by Naomi Simone Borwein}


Preface for XicanXfuturism: Gritos for Tomorrow, Codex II (2026)
_{edited by Scott Duncan Russell}


Foreword for We've Been Here the Whole Time!
_{by Joey Clift, illustrations by Julie Fiveash}

editorial at counterpoint

"Red Ants: Stories" by Kimberly Blaeser was my first acquisition as a contributing editor at Counterpoint Press. Kim writes beautifully, and it was such a pleasure to work with her on this prose debut. Consider preordering today as it releases on October 20, 2026.

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news media

NWAN, Part II: Back for Blood

never whistle at night

reviews

podcast appearances

contact

For all requests (booking, film/tv),
please send to my agent:
rachel[AT]transatlanticagency.comFor all Counterpoint queries,
please send pitches and manuscripts to:
submissions[AT]shanehawk.com
(I only acquire and edit Indigenous books.)For queries specific to the Native Horror Index,
please contact me using:
horror[AT]shanehawk.comFor everything else,
please contact me directly at:
shane[AT]shanehawk.com