In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Stephen Graham Jones’s 2025 novel The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Topics include pronouncing French words, tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki drinks, reading (and watching) horror, new vampire lore, the importance of buffalo, America’s nightmare, the nuance of Arthur Beaucarne, and giant mole people.

This week’s drink: Blood Moon Boulevardier via The G&M Kitchen

INGREDIENTS:

For the syrup:

• 1 cup red wine
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 3 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 1 3 inch orange peel

For the cocktail:

• 1 oz bourbon
• 1 oz Campari
• Optional: red edible glitter

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Start by making the spiced wine syrup. Add 1 cup red wine, 1 cup sugar, 3 cinnamon sticks, 3 whole cloves, 1 star anise, and 3 inch orange peel to a small pot. Cook on medium until all the sugar has melted and the mixture has thickened (about 30 minutes), then let cool.
2. Add 1 ounce bourbon, 1 ounce of campari, and 1 ounce of the spiced wine syrup to a mixing glass with ice. Stir to combine. (optional: add red edible glitter)
3. Pour into a coupe glass with an ice sphere

Current/recommended reads, links, etc.:

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 

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