In terms of genre fiction, no one out there is writing stories like Stephen Graham Jones.
From his slasher trilogy, a personal favourite Mongrels or The Only Good Indians, he is quite unique within the genre.
Here, Jones takes us back to the American West in 1912, and we get a very different take on vampire lore.
I should preface all of this by saying The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a slow burn, so if you’re looking for something faster paced, perhaps look elsewhere.
On the flipside, Hunter Hunter really gets under your skin and binds itself to you as you read.
We follow Etsy, who is looking for the history of their family, but uncovers something else entirely when discovering the journals of Arthur, her grandfather and a Pastor who details a massacre that takes place across many events which have links to a different kind of vampire.
What Jones does once again is link his stories to histories of the past, which makes for a richer reading experience because he has done the work, and it’s rewarded in the reading.
It takes a little bit of time to settle into the style of writing here, but once you’ve accepted that, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is arguably one of his best novels to date.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones is available now in various formats.
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