the only good indians by stephen graham jones

I got up there on a ladder one day to try to figure it out. The light seemed to be haunted-it would come on at completely random times. It had a really tall living room with a spotlight right above the mantel. About two years ago, my wife and I and the kids, we rented a house. Calling in from his home in Colorado, he spoke to Goodreads contributor Glenn McDonald about the new novel, the old Omni magazine, superior verbs, and the clockwork mechanics of classic horror.ġ of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Goodreads: Do you recall the genesis of this story, the initial idea that sparked it? Jones’ scary stories probe a little deeper than your average genre tale, and the author is known for mixing literary stylings into his speculative fiction. You might catch a glimpse if you’re in just the wrong place at just the wrong time. Elk Head Woman lives in the space between spaces.

Known only as the Elk Head Woman, the entity is part ghost, part avenging nature spirit, and part psychic manifestation of trauma that has long haunted the land.īy way of precise phrasings and small, startling details, Jones gets into your head.

Jones’ story tells of four young Native American men who encounter a kind of supernatural entity risen from the bloody soil of the North American continent. With his new horror novel, The Only Good Indians, author Stephen Graham Jones conjures one of the most effective scary images to ever hover in that magical space between readers’ eyes and the page. A strong central image will worm into the reader’s head and get to those brain stem synapses where the really scary stuff lives.

Come up with a really good one and you’ve got a tremendous head start toward the ultimate goal-scaring the bejesus out of your audience. In the horror writer trade, creepy images are a prized commodity.

The only good indians by stephen graham jones