Talking Scared

231 – Stephen Graham Jones & Rewilding the Vampire

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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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