Jon Padgett\'s acclaimed collection/hybrid novel, The Secret of Ventriloquism , named the Best Fiction Book by Rue Morgue Magazine , now returns in an Expanded Edition of the original, with three new stories.
And a presence speaks through them all..
A fog-soaked city heaves its dying breath.
A spirit of homelessness plans its escape to a possibly mythical mountain.
A burnt out woman seeks out an invisible, identity-blasting hole of alluvium.
An aspiring ventriloquist spends a little too much time looking at himself in a mirror.
A commuter\'s worldview is shattered by two words printed on a cardboard sign.
A stuttering librarian holds the key to a mill town\'s unspeakable secrets.
A paranoid flyer\'s worst fears are realized in a way not even he could imagine.
A dummy reveals its own anatomy in 20 simple steps.
A lucid dreamer is haunted by an impossible house.
A bullied child seeks vengeance within a bed\'s hollow box spring.
With themes reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, 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.
The book features Dave Felton\'s iconic cover art and frontispiece as well as a Foreword by the legendary Thomas Ligotti.
Jon Padgett\'s acclaimed collection/hybrid novel, The Secret of Ventriloquism , named the Best Fiction Book by Rue Morgue Magazine , now returns in an Expanded Edition of the original, with three new stories
