{"id":20134,"date":"2025-09-26T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=20134"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:06:17","slug":"interview-nick-medina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-nick-medina\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Medina on Native lore, The Whistler, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8771\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-victoria-price\/cd-gen-interviews\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?fit=830%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"830,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cemetery Dance Interviews\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?fit=830%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?resize=830%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"banner graphic that says Cemetery Dance Interviews\" width=\"830\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?resize=350%2C51&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?resize=768%2C111&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20135\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-nick-medina\/nick-medina\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nick-medina.jpg?fit=344%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"344,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nick-medina\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nick Medina&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nick-medina.jpg?fit=344%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nick-medina.jpg?resize=268%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"photo of author Nick Medina\" width=\"268\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nick-medina.jpg?resize=268%2C350&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nick-medina.jpg?w=344&amp;ssl=1 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 85vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Medina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick Medina is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, and he drew on his heritage and stories passed down by his paternal grandmother, along with research into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) epidemic, as inspiration for his novels including\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sisters of the Lost Nation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which earned a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior Library Guild Standard Selection Award,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Burial Ground<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He has degrees in organizational and multicultural communication, and has worked as a college instructor. He also enjoys playing guitar, listening to classic rock, and exploring haunted cemeteries and all sorts of spooky stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medina\u2019s new release, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whistler<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, takes readers back to the reservation for a thrilling blend of Native folklore, mythology, and horror. Much like the paranormal investigators the author writes about, Medina has gone in search of Resurrection Mary, the \u201cItalian Bride,\u201d and the \u201cDevil Baby,\u201d and other spirits of Chicago\u2019s ghost lore.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medina sat down with Cemetery Dance to discuss his new release, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whistler<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Native lore, and his favorite reads of the year.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>(Interview conducted by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaleyNewlin22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haley Newlin<\/a><\/strong>)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>CEMETERY DANCE: What first led you to horror as a way of telling Indigenous stories?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NICK MEDINA: I\u2019ve always been drawn to horror, and just about every story I\u2019ve ever written has had elements of horror in it. Scary things stand out to me. They get my attention, and get my imagination going. When I read about the alarming epidemic of Native and Indigenous women and girls going missing, my natural response was to write about the issue from a horror perspective. Since much of Native and Indigenous folklore, which I tend to include in my work, revolves around frightening characters and events, it felt natural to pair the real-life issues faced by many Native and Indigenous peoples with horror fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A standout element of <\/b><b><i>The Whistler<\/i><\/b><b> is the use of local and Native lore. How did you create the story \u201cThe Boy With Two Faces,\u201d which is interwoven between chapters about Henry and the Cadow house, in your new release?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary function of \u201cThe Boy With Two Faces\u201d is to reinforce themes in the book, which deal with deception and the consequences of living an inauthentic life. The tale is inspired by Native lore about two-faced creatures, some of which kill simply for the sake of killing. I tried to give those characters more purpose in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whistler<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Readers are so thrilled to revisit characters from your previous releases<\/b><b><i>. <\/i><\/b><b>What was it like evolving these characters into who they become in <\/b><b><i>The Whistler<\/i><\/b><b>?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting to revisit characters has been a lot of fun. For some, it\u2019s nice to see that they\u2019re doing all right. Others aren\u2019t so lucky. I was especially glad that I was able to bring closure to a couple characters from my previous two books who\u2019d been left hanging. I thought they deserved some peace, and I was relieved to give it to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What inspired you to channel social media-fed gratification in <\/b><b><i>The Whistler? <\/i><\/b><b>How did this help you tell Henry\u2019s story?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-whistler\/whistler\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whistler.jpg?fit=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whistler\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whistler.jpg?fit=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whistler.jpg?resize=233%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of The Whistler\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whistler.jpg?resize=233%2C350&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whistler.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 85vw, 233px\" \/>Henry is a young man who craves attention and who will take it however he can get it. With the rise of influencers and the wannabes they\u2019ve inspired, it seems like everyone\u2019s chasing followers, shares, and likes. I figured Henry would be no different, and since it\u2019s so easy to misrepresent oneself online, it gave me the opportunity to make Henry face the consequences of deceiving others in his attempts to be seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You share real-life mysteries and injustices in <\/b><b><i>The Whistler<\/i><\/b><b> and have made readers aware of social issues they\u2019d never thought of before. What does it mean to you to use horror for social awareness? Do you think this will help audiences recognize the depth of this genre?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horror tends to stop people in their tracks. It makes them uncomfortable. And it lingers. That\u2019s precisely why it works so well with social issues, which are usually pretty horrific on their own. By pairing them with horror, it makes them stand out and harder to ignore. Done well, I think it can also create a sense of urgency. Plenty of brilliant novels have already proven how effective horror is at spreading societal fears and concerns, and I hope my work has the same impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What do you hope readers take away from reading <\/b><b><i>The Whistler<\/i><\/b><b>?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whistler<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works on two levels. I want readers to enjoy it &#8212; to be thrilled and scared and to feel like they\u2019ve just escaped danger themselves. And, especially if they haven\u2019t had experiences with people whose abilities are vastly different from their own, I\u2019d love readers to come away with a better understanding of what it\u2019s like for those who have to negotiate a world that rarely thinks about them first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Who are some fellow authors you hope readers discover alongside your work?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a number of Indigenous writers who are must-reads for me, like Erika T. Wurth, Vanessa Lillie, Stephen Graham Jones, and Tommy Orange. I was lucky enough to read <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bone Picker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a collection of short stories) by Devon A. Mihesuah in advance, which I really loved, and I\u2019m looking forward to Carson Faust\u2019s debut, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If The Dead Belong Here<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be out in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What 2025 horror titles have you enjoyed most this year?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really love <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Wolf Comes Home<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Nat Cassidy, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Buffalo Hunter Hunter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Stephen Graham Jones, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Witchcraft for Wayward Girls <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Grady Hendrix, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cold Eternity <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by S.A. Barnes. It\u2019s been a great, diverse year for horror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can catch Nick Medina at Read If You Dare: A Night Full of Horror brought to you by Berkley and Exile In Bookville in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday October 15th. Fama will be accompanied by fellow horror authors Rachel Harssion, author of <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such Sharp Teeth <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play Nice<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Christina Henry, author of <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House That Horror Built<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Daphne Fama, author of <\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-house-monstrous-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House of Monstrous Women<\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event begins at 7 p.m. CST and you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exileinbookville.com\/events\/47810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">register here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickmedina.net\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Nick&#8217;s website<\/a> for more events<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find Nick Medina on Instagram and TikTok at @nickmedinawrites<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Medina is a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, and he drew on his heritage and stories passed down by his paternal grandmother, along with research into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) epidemic, as inspiration for his novels including\u00a0Sisters of the Lost Nation, which earned a Junior Library Guild &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-nick-medina\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nick Medina on Native lore, The Whistler, and more&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[2299,307,3496,3495],"class_list":["post-20134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-haley-newlin","tag-interviews","tag-nick-medina","tag-the-whistler"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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