The Secret of Ventriloquism

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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 With themes reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, Thomas Ligotti, and Bruno Schulz, but with a strikingly unique vision, Padgett s work explores the mystery of human suffering, the agony of personal existence, and the ghastly means by which someone might achieve salvation from both A bullied child seeks vengeance within a bed s hollow box spring A lucid dreamer is haunted by an impossible house A dummy reveals its own anatomy in 20 simple steps A stuttering librarian holds the key to a mill town s unspeakable secrets A commuter s worldview is shattered by two words printed on a cardboard sign An aspiring ventriloquist spends a little too much time looking at himself in a mirror And a presence speaks through them all.Contents Introduction by Matt Cardin The Mindfulness of Horror Practice Murmurs of a Voice Foreknown The Indoor Swamp Origami Dreams 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism Infusorium Organ Void The Secret of VentriloquismEscape to Thin Mountain New Read [ The Secret of Ventriloquism ] Author [ Jon Padgett ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Edited 3.21.17 to add This book is FREE today, everyone Do yourself a favor and check it out, scroll down to link below The genre of fiction that I identify as weird tales has always appealed to me, though it s hard to describe There are alsoflavors of weird tales, they re not always the same, even though they may belong to the same genre For instance, Thomas Ligotti may be described as an ...Do you want to see something strange Are you certain Ok First, take a look at the cover illustration on this book Study the details You will remember them later Next, pay close attention to the details in each consecutive story Be sure to read them in order You will begin to notice recurring images They re so uncanny are they real The sights on the Indoor Swamp tour are certainly disorienting Is this deja vu Have you been here before That city outside is vaguely familiar How ma Do you want to see something strange Are you certain Ok First, take a look at the cover illustration on this book Study the details You will remember them later Next, pay close attention to the details in each consecutive story Be sure to read them i...I cannot think better way to start this 2017 New Year than with a good book And with Jon Padget s The Secret of Ventriloquism , which is published by Dunhams Manor Press , I have found a real winner.The book is a collection of Mr Padget s short stories and a play, now packaged all together in a single volume that should be sought out Not only does the book offer a fantastic dust jacket, there are also some nice interior illustrations by Dave Felton And for those that do not know the name Jo I cannot think better way to start this 2017 New Year than with a good book And with Jon Padget s The Secret of Ventriloquism , which is published by Dunham...Why the long face Life got you down Something eating at you You say it s Horror Week and you have nothing to read Fret not, my friend, for there s a simple solution to all of those problems What if I could show you how all of life s troubles are merely a trifle Doesn t that sound appealing And no, it s not Chicken Soup for the Soul, but merely 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism. It may sound crazy at first, but if you stick with it I promise, before you know it, all those troubles will be w Why the long face Life got you down Something eating at you You say it s Horror Week and you have nothing to read Fret not, my friend, for there s a simple solution to all of those problems What if I could show you how all of life s troubles are merely a trifle Doesn t that sound appealing And no, it s not Chicken Soup for the Soul, but merely 20...It is best not to think about what must come nextIt might be too dismissive to call The Secret of Ventriloquism merely a short story collection It s muchthan that It sthan just the sum of it s parts and as you experience each storylayers are built onto the themes, location and characters, and you ll realize that the stories form one cohesive whole It s similar to what Laird Barron also did last year withSwift To Chase .The book opens fittingly with a guided meditatioIt is best not to think about what must come nextIt might be too dismissive to call The Secret of Ventriloquism merely a short story collection It s muchthan that It sthan just the sum of it s parts ...Over the past few years I have been tantalized by, and read, several overhyped debut collections In the somewhat incestuous seeming, segregated, and cliquish horror and weird fiction communities, writers, publishers and reviewers were bending over backwards to heap praise and accolades upon newer writers, who, quite frankly, still had a long way to go to hone their craft Don t get me wrong I m not saying that I didn t get anything out of reading these fledgeling collections, or that there was Over the past few years I have been tantalized by, and read, several overhyped debut collections In the somewhat incestuous seeming, segregated, and cliquish horror and weird fiction communities, writers, publishers and reviewers were bending over backwards to heap praise and accolades upon newer writers, who, quite frankly, still had a long way to ...4.5 stars THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM, by Jon Padgett, is a collection of stories ingeniously interconnected to each other This is one book that you really need to read the stories in the order presented to get the full effect of just how powerful this book, as a whole, is.Even the cover I own the paperback version has bearing on the stories contained within.Padgett gives a great deal of credit to Thomas Ligotti for the inspiration of this collection Right from the beginning in the selecti 4.5 stars THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM, by Jon Padgett, is a collection of stories ingeniously interconnected to each other This is one book that you really need to read the stories in the order presented to get the full effect of just how powerful this book, as a whole, is....A dark and brooding collection of Ligotti inspired shorts Make no mistake about it though, the superb writing and brooding atmosphere is all Padgett.Plus, everybody knows ventriloquist dummies are fucking creepy.Ligotti would be proud.One of theimpressive horror weird fiction collections that I ve read this year I like how many of the stories are connected either by location characters, thematic content, or certain repeated imagery derelict paper mills, static, daddy longlegs spiders, black fog, ventriloquist dummies the overall effect is like experiencing a string or first dark ride of queasy hypnagogic dreams, with characters continually floating into and out of existence I think my favorite tales in this on One of theimpressive horror weird fiction collections that I ve read this year I like how many of the stories are connected either by location characters, thematic content, or certain repeated imagery derelict paper mills, static, daddy longlegs spiders, black fog, ventriloquist dummies the overall effect is like experiencing a string or first dark ride of queasy hypnagogic dreams, with characters continually floating into and out of existence I think my favorite tales in this one were the brief The Indoor Swamp, the very disorientating and subtly disturbing Origami Dreams, the fascinatingly structured 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism which I had previously read in the Grimscribe s Puppets anthology a few years back , and the grotesque Organ Void, the latter being both scatological a...This book has apparently become already difficult to find because it was a limited edition, but I highly suggest visiting Dunhams Manor Press website and enquiring about it because it is worth tracking I didn t know when to expect when I started THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM, but I didn t expect it to be this good.The highlight stories of this book are MURMURS OF A VOICE FOREKNOWN, 20 SIMPLE STEPS TO VENTRILOQUISM and THE INFUSORIUM, which is one of the rare stories I ve had the privilege to rea This book has apparently become already difficult to find because it was a limited edition, but I highly suggest visiting Dunhams Manor Press website and enquiring about it because it is worth tracking I didn t know when to expect when I started THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM,...

The Secret of Ventriloquism
  • English
  • 02 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 201 pages
  • Jon Padgett
  • The Secret of Ventriloquism