'Jon Padgett's The Secret of Ventriloquism may very well be at the vanguard of a new movement in American Weird,where the lessons of Thomas Ligotti are recontextualized and used to birth something as frightening and bizarre as it is different. Kayleigh Marie Edwards, Ginger Nuts of Horror '.Jon Padgett one of the best writers you might not have heard of yet.' '.for those who enjoy fiction of a weird nature with a capital 'w' The Secret of Ventriloquism should not be missed.' Paul StJohn Mackintosh, Associate Editor of Teleread 'There's quite enough variety of tone, setting, and focus here to surprise and disconcert any reader, and leave preconceived expectations flopping and gasping in the cold black mud of Padgett's imagination.Padgett is a chilling master in his own right.' Our own embodiment thus becomes a vessel for great horrors.' When we understand that we are no better than dummies-when we see the strings that move us and hear the voice that animates us-we become the uncanny object, as opposed to the dummy. The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett(Goodreads Author) 3.94 Rating details 1,602 ratings 289 reviews Jon Padgett's The Secret of Ventriloquism,named the Best Fiction Book of 2016 by Rue Morgue Magazine,heralds the arrival of a significant new literary talent. What better way for Ligotti to present a series of stories about ventriloquism, if not through a kind of act of literary ventriloquism, by making them seem to come from somebody else Some elements in Ligotti's own work hint at it, too. '.Greater Ventriloquism is the fictional philosophy cutting through all of the stories in this collection, giving them a much appreciated spine of intent and eerie energy. First, the theme of the collection is obviously ventriloquism. This volume is jam-packed with the stuff that nightmares are made of.' There's no gristle, no bone, no dilly-dallying here: only pure meat whose terrors seamlessly grow into the metaphysical.

'Padgett proves with his stunning debut collection to be a worthy successor to Thomas Ligotti. Some of Padgett's lines raised the hair on my neck.' If you see your tongue moving in the mirror, then change your smile until the tongue is.

' The Secret of Ventriloquism is horror with a capital H.

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