The Secret of Ventriloquism can be purchased through Amazon. Padgett is a student of Ligotti, and the best kind of student in that he took what his teacher had to provide and created something completely different and wonderful with it. Certain characters and creatures make appearances through various stories, creating a world of some cohesion throughout, but those associations are the only things that add the comfort of familiarity between the stories. There are no gods here per se, simply because the value of worship, both on the part of the would-be worshipper and the would-be worshipped, is zero. The majority of the stories revolve around the art and science of the Ventriloquists, not really creating what we would call a new mythos but more of a dreadful existential cosmology. The Secret of Ventriloquism is available on Amazon in both Kindle and Paperback formats. The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing, and the ability to do so is commonly called in English the ability to 'throw' ones voice.
Hopefully, this will be the first project of many we see from Jon Padgett. Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a 'dummy'.
In other stories, such as “20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism” and “The Secret of Ventriloquism”, the shredding of perceived realities are still there, but much deeper and require some coaxing out in order for the horror to start taking hold. Highly recommended to all, The Secret of Ventriloquism is a wonderful book and Padgett an exciting new literary voice in the horror-weird wilderness. With some of the collection, such as the first story “The Mindfulness of Horror Practice”, there is a direct nihilistic assault barely disguised as a meditation. The Secret of Ventriloquism is best described as “disquieting”. Padgett’s first short story collection, The Secret of Ventriloquism, was named the Best Fiction Book of 2016 by Rue Morgue Magazine.
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