“The Hamatsa”

“Ham ham amai! Utter the Hamatsa cry, utter the Hamatsa cry,
the cry of the great spirit who dwells at the north end of the world.”
–Kwakiutl ceremonial song.

A party of three wretched traders arrive in Hazeltown, a small settlement on the Northwestern fringe of the Washington Territory, where they believe that they are safe at last from the horrors in the mountains. But during the night it becomes clear that something inescapable has followed them ...

Read the short story, “The Hamatsa”, in THROW DOWN YOUR DEAD, an anthology of western horror edited by Rob Walter (Sonar4Publications). For more information, click here.