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Indigenous Horror

"Indigenous writers know what it's like to live in a world where the horror never stops" -Alicia Elliot (Tuscarora)

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  • Prolific and esteemed Blackfoot author and professor Stephen Graham Jones brings us an uncommonly frightening horror story borne out of a crisis of spiritual and cultural identity in this prize-winning novel.
    Book, 2020New York : Saga Press, ©2020. — FICTION JON
  • Taaqtumi

    An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

    Fear thrives in the darkness and the Arctic winter is very, very dark. This anthology of spine-chilling tales is authored by award-winning Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors from the far north.
    Book, 2019Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, ©2019. — FICTION TAA
  • Have you ever longed for someone you lost and then suddenly you see them... or you think you see them? Inspired by traditional Métis stories about a creature called the Rogarou, Cherie Dimaline spins an alternate telling to take readers into…
    Book, 2019Toronto : Random House Canada, ©2019. — FICTION DIM
  • Horror movies are a treasured escape valve for Jade when she wants to get away from it all. But what happens to this expert in fictional thrills and chills when her hometown starts seeing crime scenes awash in blood? Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfoot)…
    Book, 2021New York : Saga Press, ©2021. — FICTION JON
  • Inhabiting an alternative version of America that is permeated by ancestral knowledge, young Elatsoe forms connections to specters and guides who provide her with the courage and information she needs to solve the murder of her beloved cousin
    Book, 2020Montclair : Levine Querido, ©2020. — J LIT
  • This YA vampire coming-of-age story puts an Indigenous spin on gothic tropes. While this is a graphic novel version, our collection includes the original novel as well.
    Graphic Novel, 2013Toronto : Annick Press, c2013. — YA GRAPHIX TAY
  • Blackfoot storyteller Alexander Soop plunges us into a shocking well of imagination in his debut of short stories. Reality mixed with terror, readers get a wicked glimpse into the genre of Indigenous Horror. A combination of Indigenous legends, dark…
    Book, 2022Canada : UpRoute, ©2022. — FICTION SOO
  • David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Sicangu Lakota)explores the real-life demons plaguing Rosebud reservation in this fast-paced debut thriller.
    Book, 2020New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ©2020. — FICTION WEI
  • In this thrilling page-turner of a post-apocalyptic novel, Rice (Anishnaabe) tells the story of small northern Anishinaabe community that goes dark. Cut off, panic builds as the food supply dwindles and the death toll rises. Guided through the chaos…
    Book, 2018Toronto : ECW Press, ©2018. — FICTION RIC
  • This foreboding multiple-award winning dystopian Young Adult novel by Métis author Cherie Dimaline takes place in a world destroyed by climate change, where Indigenous people live under the constant threat of being hunted for their dream-enabling…
    Book, 2017[Toronto] : Dancing Cat Books, ©2017. — YA DIM