Jon Padgett

The Profile

Author of weird fiction; debuted with The Secret of Ventriloquism (2016). Editor-in-chief of Grimscribe Press and associated with the literary journal Vastarien (as noted in reviews).

Debuted in 2016 with The Secret of Ventriloquism; the collection has an introduction by Thomas Ligotti and received attention from genre press (review notes Rue Morgue named it Best Fiction Book of the Year). He has been involved with Grimscribe Press and the journal Vastarien (as described in the review).

Review(s) praise Jon Padgett's original voice within Ligottian-influenced weird fiction, highlight standout stories (notably "Ventriloquism in 20 Simple Lessons") and emphasize a pervasive atmosphere of decay and fog. The collection is considered powerful and visionary despite unevenness.