What Whispers Back: Spinning Hawaiʻi's Spooky Tales

A double-sided literary anthology showcasing Hawaiʻi writers that explores the thresholds of memory, resistance, and presence through a unique reversible format.

One side of the book features thirteen firsthand accounts of the unexplained from Rick Carroll’s popular book series; flipped, thirteen contemporary Hawaiʻi writers offer literary fiction responding to those hauntings.

Atmospheric and deeply rooted in the layered history of the islands, these stories present the supernatural not as conventional genre horror, but as a living, enduring presence. This reversible volume pairs historical accounts of the island uncanny with modern literary responses, offering a shared language for navigating uncertainty and remembering what remains.