I guess last May there were 100 Google searches for my name that originated from that one country 🤔

(1/2) Some fun author/editor updates recently: -Approved the final cover for one of my Counterpoint projects -CE phase now going live for another project -Submitted to a horror zine on a whim and got accepted the next day -HWA selected NWAN for Summer Scares 2026 #Indigenous #horror

StokerCon 2026 ticket purchased and travel booked! I’ll be on at least one panel and have some ARCs of a certain anthology that won’t be out until late September… Who will I see there?? #horror

Turned in the manuscript for my first acquisition—what a lovely experience! My eyes are joyously fried. RED ANTS, a story collection by Kimberly Blaeser (White Earth Nation), publishes in October with Counterpoint Press. I'm so honored to be a part of this book's journey as its editor.

The entire Never Whistle at Night anthology absolutely rocks, but ‘Behind Colin’s Eyes’ by @shanehawk.com sat me straight down. A killer, close-perspective trip into the woods in a subtly desperate search for dinner gone way wrong. #booksky #horror @booksky.bsky.social

I’d like to thank Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis for inviting me to virtually visit her Indigenous Horror class today to talk Never Whistle at Night, horror in general, and craft. Read some of a new short story too. And it’s always fun to field lit analysis questions about your own work. Hohóú.

Both my 3rd Great-Grandfathers on my Native side were chiefs. (Left) Black Hawk (where we get the surname ‘Hawk’ from) was Xosh-gah band Hidatsa and second chief at Fort Buford alongside Chief Crow Flies High. (Right) Black Kettle was “peace” chief of the Wutapiu band of the Southern Cheyenne.

Joey Clift’s book is playfully subversive in the best way, and I can’t wait to see the finished copy with Diné artist Julie Fiveash’s amazing illustrations. Congrats to the both of you! I’m honored to have written its foreword :) It’ll hit shelves October 6, 2026.

The cover for “Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood” is DOPE AS HELL. All shall be revealed soon. 🩸 For now . . . you can preorder at NativeHorror.com :)

The Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot for this year just went out, and congratulations to everyone whose work appears on it, be it under their name or their editor!! Also TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS and A GAME IN YELLOW whaaat 🤩😭

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) just pointed out that ICE has a projected 2026 budget that includes $858 million earmarked for bonuses. That means every ICE thug will get an end-of-year bonus around $42,000 while the average American worker might see a $2,500 bonus.

Just joined UpScrolled if you’re on there

How will the soulless politicians spin another civilian murder in Minnesota? He was armed? He was a terrorist? He maimed a government neonazi cog? Whatever it is, it’ll be another idiotic lie as if the non-MAGA folks will believe it. Fuck ICE forever.

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

Got two pretty substantial book project invitations back to back. I still carry that lingering question of why me? But I’m always grateful for the opportunities that come my way. I’m honestly charmed that other folks see my voice as a worthy complement to their projects. Details when I can share.

I’m a real boy!

I mean, I know ANOKA is out of print now, but what the 😂

*Unzips mouth* This horror play I co-wrote is coming back from the dead with a vengeance soon. *Zips mouth back up*

If you’re into Goodreads and like Native and First Nations Horror, you can now add our sequel anthology to your TBR list 🙂 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... @tvayyyy.bsky.social

If you’re into Natives writing horrific tales and using the preorder mechanism to support them, go to: NATIVEHORROR.com

Elated to share @mathildazeller.bsky.social’s cover art for her Indigenous horror debut, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE DARK, which expands her short story “Kushtuka” from that one anthology. It’s out October 13, 2026 and you should consider preordering it today :) us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

After a week of urgent care and ER visits and my 13mo daughter being lethargic and miserable, I’m happy to say she’s definitely on the mend! My girl is smiling and giggling again 🥹

If you’re late to the game like me, check out this 15min short film written & directed by @tai-leclaire.bsky.social that features @kaniehtiio.bsky.social too! It’s on HBO Max as the 6th episode of “Reframed: Next Gen Narratives.” A really cool Indigenous take on Mark Twain’s classic story.

Turned 35 today. Had a perfect dinner date with my wife. 5 years into my literary career, and I feel like I’m just warming up. Now I’m stepping into a new opportunity to keep paying it forward, amplifying even more Native voices, and making sure that rising tide lifts every boat.

Agents… hit me up with your best manuscripts from Native and First Nations writers.

We’re thrilled to see Shane Hawk step into his new role as Contributing Editor at Catapult Book Group - where he’ll focus on acquiring Indigenous voices across fiction and nonfiction. Shane is a visionary in the world of horror and beyond, and we can’t wait to see what’s next for him!

BIG NEWS! Thrilled to share that I’ve officially joined Counterpoint Press as a contributing editor, exclusively acquiring outstanding fiction and nonfiction from Native and First Nations writers. Queries welcome at [email protected]—can’t wait to read your work!

Made a move behind the scenes. Something that’ll help get more Native writers on more shelves. Can’t say more yet… …but soon. :)

I love trippy dreams but the one last night really spooked me. It was a sleep paralysis one where I was trying my hardest to get up off the couch, even smashing my phone into my face to wake up and screaming, and feeling my demon pull my legs, but it felt so real. So gnarly. Anyone else get those?

Today I was among fellow Penguin Random House authors in a panel titled Battle of the Genre wherein we discussed our respective genres. I think I made a respectable case for #Indigenous #Horror. Bonus: This week Ted and I signed 180 copies of NWAN and I signed 15 copies of ANOKA, and both sold out!

From our signing at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 25, 2025. We had so many people in line! So great to see and talk to all of you. Part II: Back for Blood is coming Fall 2026. #Indigenous #Horror #NeverWhistleAtNight #PenguinRandomHouse #VintageBooks @tvayyyy.bsky.social

Cool to see the anthology on this big-ass PRH banner and all of us in-house author names on their wall. . Don’t miss our signing tomorrow at 11:30-12:15 at the Penguin Random House booth (#1515)! #ComicCon #Indigenous #Horror

We’re back! NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT took a brief hiatus from the Indie Bestsellers List, but it’s now back for its 85th week. Here’s my homage to 1985’s Fright Night to celebrate. NeverWhistleAtNight.com #NeverWhistleAtNight #Indigenous #Horror

Reminder that elite U.S. universities like Harvard once championed eugenics, sterilization laws, and racial pseudoscience that directly inspired Nazi policy. Academia has a long, well-documented history of siding with power over justice. Don’t mistake prestige for moral clarity.

Here’s my detailed San Diego Comic-Con 2025 schedule. See you in the pit!

Based on the simple joke construction, King is implying the list is in fact nonexistent. He’s oddly aligning himself with the latest claims of the White House. Really making me squint here to find a positive interpretation.

Jonathan Joss getting murdered, Ann Coulter loudly declaring that the US didn't kill enough Indians, Disney celebrating 30 years of Pocahontas, Nani giving up Lilo to CPS, Beyoncé calling Natives "enemies to peace and order, " Listen yall, it's been a very rough time.

Black babies were used as alligator bait in the American South. White companies poked fun at this fact like these licorice drops. Now Trump’s got a prison in the Everglades with a gator moat. This is why his movement tries to erase BIPOC history. This country recycles its cruelty.

Wrote a short story to help develop and package my trippy #Indigenous #Horror television series. Pretty proud of how it turned out. Like a lot of things in development, it probably won’t ever be public… but fingers crossed. 🤞😲🤞

Had a good dream last night, for most people a nightmare, and this morning I decided to expand one of my short stories from ANOKA into a novella. Adding more to my plate this summer. Anyone down?

no pilot. no pitch deck. just wrote a tv show bible for something i’d love to watch. now talent is attached via letter of intent. a dev exec has read my #Indigenous #horror series bible and needs to know more. it’s not sold, but it’s moving… feels surreal. grateful just to get to this point.

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day for the relatives up north around or past that silly invisible border line. Wanted to highlight new and forthcoming books from First Nations writers. I’ll attach 6 books each with a blurb below. Please consider purchasing or preordering at least one!

One of my all-time favorite books, NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT is getting a sequel! Part II: Back for Blood and look at this amazing line-up 👀 it's not coming until Fall 2026 but while we wait, we can read books from these contributing authors! Follow @shanehawk.com for more

We’re thrilled to finally share the contributor list for Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood, the sequel to our bestselling Indigenous horror anthology. Coming Fall 2026 from Vintage Books. In the end, we brought together 21 stories to shape this bloodier, bolder, stranger follow-up.

Los Angeles. Just wow.

Massive #NoKings march in New York City!

San Diego #NoKings

Israel just bombed Iranian nuclear sites and assassinated top officials, escalating toward global war while still carpet-bombing Gaza. This isn’t defense. It’s empire. A rogue nuclear state backed by Western elites, immune to law, slaughtering with impunity. Now to watch the alliances…

Summer fashion has arrived.

Every badge, dollar, and soldier diverted to ripping families apart is a badge, dollar, and soldier taken from finding stolen women, returning lost children, and sheltering our neighbors. (1/2)