The Horror Book Club!

Featured Book

The Secret of Ventriloquism

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. ©2016 Jon Padgett (P)2016 Jon Padgett

This book will be available for purchase at the event.

About This Event

Introducing our newest reading group: The Horror Book Club! While we will engage in our discussions with respect and sensitivity, the nature of the books chosen for this reading group may not suite all interests and tastes - reader beware, and enter at your own risk!. For questions about this club, email us here!

Featured Author

Jon Padgett'

Jon Padgett is a professional-though lapsed-ventriloquist who lives in New Orleans. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Grimscribe Press, which publishes Vastarien: A Literary Journal, a source of critical study and creative response to the work of Thomas Ligotti.

About the Venue

Unabridged Bookstore

An iconic Lakeview institution and Chicago’s go-to bookstore for LGBTQ literature.

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