Taaqtumi - An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

"Taaqtumi" is an Inuktitut word that means "in the dark"--and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. These chilling tales from award-winning authors Van Camp, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Aviaq Johnston, and others will thrill and entertain even the most seasoned horror fan. fan.

List of contents

Iqsinaqtutalik Piqtuq: The Haunted Blizzard
Aviaq Johnston

The Door
Ann R. Loverock

Wheetago War II: Summoners
Richard Van Camp

Revenge
Thomas Anguti Johnston

Lounge
Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Utiqtuq
Gayle Kabloona

Sila
K.C. Carthew

The Wildest Game
Jay Bulckaert

Strays
Repo Kempt

About the author

Aviaq Johnston is the author of the bestselling picture book What's My Superpower?. For older children, teenagers, and grown-ups, she has written the award-winning novel Those Who Run in the Sky and its sequel, Those Who Dwell Below. She has also written the short stories "Tarnikuluk," winner of the Aboriginal Arts and Stories Award, and "The Haunted Blizzard," featured in Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories. She grew up in Igloolik, Nunavut, and now lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her dog, Sunny.

Summary

These spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be.

Additional text

"Guaranteed to chill the spine and tremble readers to the core."—★ Kirkus, STARRED review

"Each of the stories in Taaqtumi warps reality in surprising and often terrifying ways, a reflection of the unsteady relationship between nature and human culture."—The Atlantic

"Young adult readers who enjoy the thrills and frights of horror will undoubtedly want to add Taaqtumi to their reading list."—CM Magazine

Product details

• Authors: Cara Bryant, Jay Bulckaert, Richard Van Camp, K.C Carthew, Anguti Johnston, Aviaq Johnston, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Gayle Kabloona, Repo Kempt, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Richard Van Camp
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2019
• EAN: 9781772272147
• ISBN: 978-1-77227-214-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 297 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Amerika, Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Horrorliteratur und Übernatürliches, Nunavut, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION / Horror, Fiction - Horror, FICTION / Native American & Aboriginal, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, FICTON / Native American & Aboriginal, FICTION / Anthologies, arctic; halloween; polar regions