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    (By Jon Padgett)

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    Author Jon Padgett
    “Book Descriptions: 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 Ventriloquism
    Escape to Thin Mountain”

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