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Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ! A shiver-inducing collection of short stories to read under the covers, from a breadth of American Indian nations.
Dark figures in the night. An owl's cry on the wind. Monsters watching from the edge of the wood.
Some of the creatures in these pages might only have a message for you, but some are the stuff of nightmares. These thirty-two short stories -- from tales passed down for generations to accounts that could have happened yesterday -- are collected from the thriving tradition of ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America. Prepare for stories of witches and walking dolls, hungry skeletons, La Llorona and Deer Woman, and other supernatural beings ready to chill you to the bone.
Dan SaSuWeh Jones (Ponca Nation) tells of his own encounters and selects his favorite spooky, eerie, surprising, and spine-tingling stories, all paired with haunting art by Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva).
So dim the lights (or maybe turn them all on) and pick up a story...if you dare.
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Booklist Review
Jones, of the Ponca nation, is a storyteller and collector of Native American stories, and during his travels, he's heard his fair share of ghostly tales, some of which are ancient and others contemporary. Stating that "Ghost stories are always close to us because ghosts are part of our daily world," Jones shares a delectable assortment of spine-tinglers divided into sections on ghosts, spirits, witches, monsters, and the supernatural. He introduces each section of five to eight stories with general information on how these otherworldly forces operate or are perceived within Indigenous communities, acknowledging variations therein. Readers will encounter helpful ghosts, frightening scenes akin to possessions as portrayed in popular culture, cursed dolls, and a terrifying cannibal whose heart of ice is shaped like a human baby. And as awesome as these stories are, what makes this book a real treasure is the context that Jones provides for each tale. Every story in the book is credited to either an individual or tribe (usually both) and briefly prefaced by background on Native or specific tribal beliefs relevant to the story about to be told. For some of these stories, Jones is both teller and participant in the events he shares, for others he simply relays the accounts of others. It is an intimate and enriching reading experience that will be a boo-n to library shelves.