Stephen Graham Jones: Creature Features & Historical Horror

About this episode

The episode features Stephen Graham Jones discussing his unique approach to folkloric monsters in horror literature.

SGJ has a knack for transforming folkloric monsters we’ve grown accustomed to, twisting them into a new, sympathetic, and terrifying creature; something entirely of his own making. He did this in Mongrels, the sometimes funny, most often dark, familial story about werewolves and ancestry (and one of my favorite SGJ novels). He’s done it again in The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, now with vampires.

People in this episode

Hosts: Gabe, Kae

Guest: Stephen Graham Jones

Topics covered

• folkloric monsters
• sympathetic horror
• vampires
• werewolves
• ancestry
• historical horror

Keywords

• Stephen Graham Jones
• Mongrels
• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
• horror
• vampires
• werewolves
• folklore
• sympathetic monsters

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mongrels, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

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