It’s always great when Stephen Graham Jones comes to Talk Scared with us – but for once we aren’t talking about slashers!
No, this time, we’re talking vampires! Or are we?
Stephen’s new novel, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is his best yet. Or at least the one that I love the most. It’s an epic and brutal saga of American history and shame, told through three very distinctive voices, speaking across the centuries. There are monsters with fangs AND with flags.
We talk about Stephen’s relationship with so-called Indian stories…about his use and misuse of animals in fiction, and the white-knuckle, red-hot writing style that leads to some truly crazy things.
Enjoy!
Other books mentioned:
Ledfeather (2008), by Stephen Graham Jones
The Only Good Indians (2020), by Stephen Graham Jones
The Babysitter Lives / Killer on the Road (2025), by Stephen Graham Jones
Ceremony (1977), by Leslie Marmon Silko
Riddley Walker (1980), by Russell Hoban
A Game of Thrones (1996), by George R. R. Martin
The Devils (2025), by Joe Abercrombie
I Am Legend (1954), by Richard Matheson
Dark Places (2009), by Gillian Flynn
Dubliners (1914), by James Joyce
Angel Down (2025), by Daniel Kraus
The Warm Hands of Ghosts (2024), by Katherine Arden
Victorian Psycho (2025), by Virginia Feito
Curse of the Reaper (2022), by Brian McCauley
Breathe in, Bleed Out (2025), by Brian McCauley
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