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. Without enough air, your ventriloquist voice won’t be strong. When air escapes through two paths, your lungs empty much faster. Many beginners wonder why breathing is so important. In my online ventriloquism course, the first free lesson covers breathing. 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 Secret of Ventriloquism is a one-act play that in many ways reads like a direct sequel to 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism, with some unlucky sap attempting to adopt those twenty steps in his own life, with predictably disastrous results. That is one of the secrets of ventriloquism. 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.

Hopefully, this will be the first project of many we see from Jon Padgett. 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”. 6 quotes from The Secret of Ventriloquism: ‘Accept as the days and nights go by that you are a walking skeleton, an ambulatory miracle of meat.

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