You will love this audiobook if you love indigenous horror, horror with well-grounded characters, and horror that hits you like an emotional gut punch.

Like Imitate, this piece showcases Hawk’s ability to slowly ramp up the dark oddities, tensions, and violence until it explodes on the page. The author manages to give the audience something many of us want (a good werewolf story) with a new and interesting slant. I appreciated the plot seed and structure of Transfigured. WANT A NOOK Explore Now Get Free eBook Sample Buy As Gift LEND ME See Details Overview Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed 'The Halloween Capital of the World' since 1937. The emotional core of Imitate was powerful and it lingered in my mind for the rest of the day after reading it. Anoka by Shane Hawk eBook 5.00 Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. Imitate has everything I love a slow-building tension, weird intrusions into everyday life, a troubled protagonist trying to grapple with dark forces they can barely comprehend. “Imitate” and “Transfigured” were my personal favorites of the collection. The stories of Anoka share similar themes: loss, addiction, alienation, and the particular pain only those close to us can cause. The narration by Kyle Bullock is fantastic and the production values are top-notch. Shane Hawk has put together a collection of stories touching many topics that all take place in Anoka. Review: This is my first experience with indigenous horror. ANOKA by Shane Hawk: Anoka, Minnesota is a small city located just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed The Halloween Capital of the World since 1937.

I appreciated the insight into the author’s thought process in choosing Anoka, as well as his thoughts on writing indigenous horror. My maternal grandparents lived in the Twin Cities and I spent my summers in the wilds of northern Minnesota, so I connected to the setting of Anoka right away. Anoka contains four short stories and two flash fiction pieces loosely centered around the real-world city of Anoka Minnesota, the self-proclaimed “Halloween Capital of the World.” Like the author, I have family connections to Minnesota.