Theme: Ventriloquism

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

One night, the Great Freddie, a young ventriloquist, is possessed by a dybbuk, a Jewish spirit. A scrappy demon who glows as if spray-painted by moonlight. The dybbuk is revealed to be the ghost of a twelve-year-old boy named Avrom Amos, a victim of the Nazis during World War II. In a plucky scheme to [...]

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Frozen Billy

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

Left in the care of an n’er-do-well uncle, siblings Clarrie and Will devise an elaborate plan involving ventriloquist’s dolls, costumes, and forged boarding passes to reunite their separated family.

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