Editor-in-Chief: Jon Padgett

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

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Associate Editor: Paula D. Ashe

Paula D. Ashe is a writer of dark fiction. Her collection, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other, was released in February 2022 from Nictitating Books. She lives in the midwest with her family.

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Associate Editor: Daniel Braum

Daniel Braum writes “strange tales” in the tradition of Robert Aickman. His stories, set in locations around the globe, explore the tension between the psychological and supernatural. 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. Reissues of his books The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales and The Serpent’s Shadow are forthcoming in 2023 from Cemetery Dance Publications. 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. Find him on his You Tube channel DanielBraum, on social media, and at https://bloodandstardust.wordpress.com.

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Associate Editor: Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings lives and works in New Orleans with his dog, Karate Valentino. He was born in Germany and raised in Gaborone (Botswana), Paramaribo (Surinam), Tunis (Tunisia), and Columbia, MD. He is a graduate of The University of New Orleans. His writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, PodCastle, and Uncanny Magazine, and he is a regular contributor to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He manages Dream Foundry’s Con or Bust program and teaches Fiction writing at the Stonecoast MFA Program. His debut novel, The Ballad of Perilous Graves is available wherever books are sold. (alexjennings.net, @magicknegro on Twitter and Instagram!)