WHITE HORSE

By Erika T. Wurth

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White Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut from Erika T. Wurth about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit.

Some people are haunted in more ways than one.

Heavy metal, ripped jeans, Stephen King novels, and the occasional beer at the White Horse have defined urban Indian Kari James’s life so far. But when her cousin Debby finds an old family bracelet that once belonged to Kari’s mother, it inadvertently calls up both her mother’s ghost and a monstrous entity, and her willful ignorance about her past is no longer sustainable…

Haunted by visions of her mother and hunted by this mysterious creature, Kari must search for what happened to her mother all those years ago. Her father, permanently disabled from a car crash, can’t help her. Her Auntie Squeaker seems to know something but isn’t eager to give it all up at once. Debby’s anxious to help, but her controlling husband keeps getting in the way. Kari’s journey toward a truth long denied by both her family and law enforcement forces her to confront her dysfunctional relationships, thoughts about a friend she lost in childhood, and her desire for the one thing she’s always wanted but could never have.

Praise & Reviews

“The world of White Horse feels not only authentic, but absolutely real. It is an unapologetic world of dive bars, dark secrets, and true life horrors. I became completely enthralled in the world and its people… Wurth [is] an exciting new voice in literary horror.”
–Rebecca Roanhorse, NYT best-selling author of Black Sun

“This ghost story is a perfect example of new wave horror that will also satisfy fans of classic Stephen King.”
–Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic

“It’s metal to the end, it’s Denver to the core, it’s Native without trying, there’s ghosts, there’s blood, there’s roller coasters, and there’s about a thousand cigarettes smoked. What else can you ask for in a novel?”
–Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians

“Family ties are made from rusty barbed wire in White Horse, a book that feels as welcome as a dark bar on a hot afternoon, and whose story burns like a shot of rotgut whiskey.”
–Grady Hendrix author of The Final Girl Support Club and The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires