Horror & Thriller Listens from Indigenous Authors
By Erin Murphy
From terrifying tales of supernatural lore to ripped-from-the-headlines mysteries, fill your headphones with chilling audiobooks written by Indigenous authors and read by Indigenous narrators.
Never Whistle at Night
From 26 Indigenous authors and narrated by a full cast, this collection of wholly original and shiver-inducing tales are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.
Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina
With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on, things are finally looking up for Noemi Broussard. Until the news of her boyfriend’s apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down. But the facts about Roddy’s death just don’t add up, and Noemi isn’t the only one who suspects that something menacing might be lurking within their tribal lands.
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Alice could not feel like more of an impostor. Every waking moment is spent hiding her despair from her husband, Steve, and their neighbors, among whom she’s the sole Indigenous resident. Then, as if all that wasn’t enough, strange things start to happen. She finds herself losing bits of time and hearing voices she can’t explain, all while her neighbors’ passive-aggressive behavior begins to morph into something far more threatening. Though Steve assures her this is all in her head, Alice cannot fight the feeling that something is very, very wrong.
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Anna Horn is always looking over her shoulder. For bullies, for the entitled visitors at the reservation’s casino…and for the nameless, disembodied entity that stalks her every step. As girls begin to go missing, Anna struggles with her place on the rez, desperately searching for the key she’s sure lies in the legends of her tribe’s past. But the demons plaguing the reservation are strong, and sometimes, it’s the stories that never get told that are the most important.
Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at Harvest House. He’s excited to take part in the fun…until he learns that an “Indian maiden,” a ghost inspired by local legend, will headline. Folklore aside, unusual things have been happening near Harvest House. A creepy man is stalking young Indigenous women; dogs are fretful and on edge; and wild animals are behaving strangely. While Hughie weighs how and when to speak up about the bigoted legend, he and his friends begin to investigate the crossroads and whether it might be haunted after all.
Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie
As an archeologist, Syd Walker spends her days trying to protect the land’s indigenous past, even as she’s escaping her own. When a skull is found near the crime scene of her youth just as her sister vanishes, Syd knows she must return home. The deeper Syd digs, the more she uncovers about a string of missing indigenous women cases going back decades. To save her sister, she must expose a darkness in the town that no one wants to face.
