Anchorage Daily News Reviews Taaqtumi 1&2: A terrifying slice of horror inhabits two volumes of the Inuit anthology ‘Taaqtumi’

David James from Anchorage Daily News has reviewed Taaqtumi 1: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories and Taaqtumi 2: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories!

Here’s part of the review: “The land is one thing setting these tales apart from many others found in horror fiction. It’s importance to Inuit culture and survival underlies more than one yarn found here, even if what happens on that land tingles the spine — spines, we are reminded, is where some of the best meat of a butchered animal can be had, and yes that includes animals walking on two legs, another thing we are told in these books. And the wisdom of elders, so important to North America’s Indigenous cultures, in a few cases proves to contain knowledge of the beings that stalk the land.

On it goes. Both of these books offer nightmare-inducing chapters that will keep readers turning pages long after bedtime. And both, helpfully, include glossaries of Inuit words, in keeping with Inhabit Media’s cultural objectives. The only thing missing is an introduction providing the reasons for the project and how it was accomplished. It would be a worthy addition to a third volume, which will hopefully be assembled and published in less time than “Volume 2” required.”

You can read the full article here.