This event will feature a Brave New Words reading by Claire Schultz.
Cymera is excited to welcome award-winning horror writer Stephen Graham Jones to Edinburgh to celebrate the paperback publication of his book The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, a chilling historical horror set in the American West in 1912.
Etsy Beaucarne is an academic who needs to get published. So when a journal written in 1912 by Arthur Beaucarne, a Lutheran pastor and her grandfather, is discovered within a wall during renovations, she sees her chance. She can uncover the lost secrets of her family, and get tenure. As she researches, she comes to learn of her grandfather, and a Blackfeet called Good Stab, who came to Arthur to share the story of his extraordinary life.
The journals detail a slow massacre, a chain of events charting the history of Montana state as it formed. A cycle of violence that leads all the way back to 217 Blackfeet murdered in the snow. A blood-soaked and unflinching saga of the violence of colonial America, a revenge story like no other, and the chilling reinvention of vampire lore from the master of horror.
Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of novels, collections, and novellas including Don’t Fear the Reaper, Earthdivers, and The Only Good Indians. His essay “My Life with Conan the Barbarian” reveals his love for the character. He has won the Ray Bradbury Award, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction.
Stephen will be in conversation with M.K. Hardy.
About the event
Running time: 55 minutes
Venue: Upper Hall
Price: £11/£9 concession - In Person - or £6 Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
A recording of this event will be available to catch-up on our YouTube until Sunday 12th July 2026. Ticket holders and weekend pass owners will receive the catch-up link automatically after the festival. Please keep an eye on your SPAM.
This event is followed by a book signing in the Signing Space above the Festival Bookshop.
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