📖 Excerpts
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Nothing can take the place of living through it, completing a successful hunt. Writing might be a cheap placebo, but it keeps me satisfied for a little while. I’m hoping it will do so again.
Hunting satisfied me in a way nothing else could.
Reminiscing about some of the previous hunts only takes me so far. It’s like when you had great sex. How long can you keep thinking about it before you need to experience it again? Before you crave the next one? That’s what hunting is for me.
I don’t consider what I do to be evil or bad. Would you consider someone who hunts deer for sport rather than food to be evil or bad? It’s the same thing; we’re both doing it for pleasure.
⚠️ Disturbing psychological themes & morally challenging perspectives.
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👤 About the Author
Stephen Van Olsen is a writer fascinated by the limits of the human psyche. His work on The Hunter's Craft was preceded by an exhaustive two-year deep dive into the histories and psychologies of the world's most notorious serial killers. When not writing, he can be found driving across the country in a tractor trailer or at home in the hils of Pennsylvania spending time with his family.