

Braum is the editor of the Spirits Unwrapped anthology, the host of the Night Time Logic series and the annual New York Ghost Story Festival. Reissues of his books The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales and The Serpent’s Shadoware forthcoming in 2023 from Cemetery Dance Publications. His latest collection Underworld Dreams contains the story “How to Stay Afloat When Drowning” which also appears in the Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 edited by Ellen Datlow. His stories, set in locations around the globe, explore the tension between the psychological and supernatural. She lives in the midwest with her family.ĭaniel Braum writes “strange tales” in the tradition of Robert Aickman. Her collection, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other,was released in February 2022 from Nictitating Books.

Rinaldi’s Angel.” In addition to his work as a Ligotti narrator, Padgett has also narrated two Cadabra Records releases of his own work, “20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism” and “Origami Dreams.” With his ability to channel Ligotti’s prose and poetry via the spoken word, Padgett is a singular figure in the world of weird storytelling. Padgett’s voice has also become synonymous with the works of Thomas Ligotti. Padgett has lent his voice to numerous Thomas Ligotti works, including the recently released Penguin Random House audio version of Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe and various Cadabra Record release, “The Bungalow House,” “The Red Tower,” “The Small People,” “Gas Station Carnivals,” “The Clown Puppet,” “Pictures of Apocalypse,” and “Mrs.

Padgett’s first short story collection, The Secret of Ventriloquism, was named the Best Fiction Book of the Year by Rue Morgue Magazine. JON PADGETT is a professional–though lapsed–ventriloquist who lives in New Orleans.
