PseudoPod 721: Teeth – Part 1 PseudoPod has just published the first part of a two-part reading of my story “Teeth” (linked above). More than 20 years ago, this was my first published story, and now it has become my first story to be produced for an audio presentation. In what amounts to a two-decade…
Tag: Jon Padgett
Praise from Jon Padgett for TO ROUSE LEVIATHAN
Jon Padgett is the author of The Secret of Ventriloquism, The Infusorium, and other books and stories that you really ought to be reading if you want to keep up with some of the very best of what’s happening on the cutting edge of contemporary weird and supernatural horror fiction. He says the following about…
VASTARIEN wins Magazine of the Year in 2019 This Is Horror Awards
Vastarien, the horror journal established and launched in 2018 by Jon Padgett and me (with crucial input from a couple of other valued friends) has just been named Magazine of the Year in the annual This Is Horror Awards. In addition to launching the journal, Jon and I co-edited the first two issues, after which…
Sample of Cadabra Records’ Audio LP of Ligotti’s “The Bungalow House”
https://soundcloud.com/cadabraecords/thomas-ligotti-the-bungalow-house-read-by-jon-padgett-score-by-chris-bozzone-sample-2 Cadabra Records is currently accepting preorders for their lush audio production of “The Bungalow House,” which is one of my (and indeed one of most readers’) favorite stories by Thomas Ligotti. The above sample allows you to hear what the whole thing sounds like. Hint: It sounds incredibly lush and wonderful. The published album…
This Is Horror, Episode 193: Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin on “Vastarien” and More
In this just-published episode of the This Is Horror Podcast, Jon Padgett and I talk with hosts Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella about our new project Vastarien: A Literary Journal, along with other matters of interest. Click to listen or download. Note that at the time of this writing, our Vastarien Kickstarter campaign, to…
Kickstarter campaign for “Vastarien: A Literary Journal”
Some time ago here at The Teeming Brain, I announced the birth of a new literary journal titled Vastarien, to be edited by Jon Padgett and me, and to be framed as “a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas.” We…
Book news: ‘The Secret of Ventriloquism’ by Jon Padgett
Maybe someday I’ll have more time to start tending The Teeming Brain again and stop leaving these gaps of weeks-turning-to-months. That time may still be a while off, however, since I’m currently buried under the equivalent of two and a half full-time jobs, what with the horror encyclopedia project eating up so many so-called “extra”…
A pall of uncanny corruption: ‘The Infusorium’ by Jon Padgett
New chapbook. From Dunhams Manor Press. By one of my dearest friends. Softcover and signed hardcover editions already sold out. Only a few copies of standard (unsigned) hardcover left. You should PURCHASE. Update 04/20/15: The book is sold out. About the book: Dunnstown is in the midst of a strange season: the choking fogs of…
‘Silent Snow, Secret Snow’ by Conrad Aiken, read by Jon Padgett
http://youtu.be/nXoITpUYxgs Greetings from the cyber-silence, Teeming Brain readers. As you may have noticed, this site has been on a long pause — unplanned and unannounced — for about four months now. A number of factors piled up to bring this about, including the necessity for me to devote all of my spare time to fulfilling…