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Why it matters
Jones reworks vampire history through Blackfeet memory, colonial violence, and the moral burden of revenge.
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2025 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
A contemporary academic discovers a hidden journal containing a Blackfeet man's testimony to a Lutheran pastor in 1912. The confession recounts his transformation into a vampire and a long pursuit of vengeance tied to the destruction of buffalo and violence against Native people.
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You want historically grounded horror with layered narration and an Indigenous perspective.
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Colonial violenceRevengeIndigenous historyVampirism
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