Yah-Ko

This adult horror story is based on northeastern Native American beliefs about such magical creatures as skinwalkers and shapeshifters."Yah-ko" is Algonquian for "evil little men," goblin-like creatures that can shape-shift into animals. A Mohawk shaman describes them as the spawn of Gan-Nos-Guah, the human flesh eater. The Yah-ko are at war with the Nen-Us-Yoks, or "spirit dwarf people," the spawn of Oh-ke, the Earth Mother. Accurate research and a compelling story line make this book an entertaining, scary read.Jamie Sutliff has turned a number of his stories into award-winning screenplays, including The Devil Wind, which won a Laurel Leaf for best screenplay at Hollywood's Independent Film Festival; Yah-Ko, which won the Silver Award at the International Independent Film Awards; and Antidote Man, a semifinalist at the Hollywood Circus Road Film Festival.

About the Author

Jamie Sutliff, a screenwriter, author, narrator, artist, and sculptor living in the Adirondack Mountains, specializes in life-sized wildlife sculpture for museums and private collections, including two museums of natural history. His work has appeared in over a dozen national magazines, including the Smithsonian. Since 1999 he has written eight novels, and in 2013 Blackstone Audio produced seven of his audiobooks. He has also completed seven screenplays, including the science fiction thriller Antidote Man; the fantasy/horror tale The Son of Amaros, which is based on the Dead Sea Scrolls' Book of Enoch; the action/thriller The Devil Wind, based on true events; the animated feature The Land of the Nen-Us-Yok, based on Algonquian and Mohawk folklore; Yah-Ko, based on the Mohawk folklore of skin-walker demons; the dark comedy and action tale Broken Warriors; and the historical paranormal story The Ghost and the Gold Louis.

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