As Johnny Church and Kyra Damon pursue Leticia Dreams the Truth Hardin for her eyes, which they need in order to achieve immortality, Dan Cody heads for Scorpion Flats, Arizona, toward an encounter that could become the ultimate showdown between the forces of good and evil. Original.

The Crow: Wicked Prayer

Literature & Fiction

Partridge, Norman

Genre Fiction

Harper Paperbacks

At the site of a volatile mafia meeting at an Arizona surf joint, an ex-boxing champ, a Muslim hit man, a black belt sheriff, and a bikini-clad former Olympic diver are brought together for a two-million-dollar stake. Original.

Saguaro Riptide

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

BERKLEY

Jack Baddalch knows that there is something big at stake when the Chihuahua named Spike that he is escorting across the desert for his shady boss is stolen by a band of machine-gun-toting women in black leather. Original.

The Ten-Ounce Siesta

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, Dark Harvest by Norman Patridge is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."
Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol' Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. 
Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He's willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror--and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy . . .
"This is contemporary American writing at its finest."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest

United States

Tor Books

Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol’ Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He’s willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror--and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy . . .Winner of the Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, Dark Harvest is a powerhouse thrill-ride

Amazon.com Review\nNorman Partridge's first story collection, Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales, won a Bram Stoker Award, and his first novel, Slippin' Into Darkness, garnered the highest praise from horror critics; so it's no surprise that this second collection is a knockout. Here, in dusty Southwestern settings with tawdry glimmers of pop culture, you'll find carnival roustabouts, an Elvis impersonator, a demon gunslinger, a gorilla gunslinger, monstrous automobiles, a heavyweight champ who's past his prime--all of them flirting with death, if not damnation, too. The fragmented narratives are at times a little befuddling, but the writing is lean and evocative, like Dennis Etchison or Jim Thompson. As Joe R. Lansdale writes in the introduction, "Bad Intentions will be one of the most important short story collections of the nineties." And this first edition of only 526 copies, with a striking cover painting by Ryan Dreimiller, will most likely be a collector's item.\nProduct description\nBook by Partridge, Norman

Bad Intentions

Subterranean

Red Right Hand

In this special Halloween edition of Shroud, Kevin Lucia took the helm as guest editor and chose an array of chilling stories from dark fiction notables and newcomers alike. With startling and intelligent fiction and nonfiction from Rio Youers, Lisa Mannetti, Jeremy Shipp, Nicholas Grabowski, Kelli Owen, Norman Partridge, Dan Keohane, Jodi Lee, Brian Hatcher and so many more. Beautiful cover art by renowned horror artist, Steven Gilberts, striking layout, design, and original woodcut prints by Danny Evarts. FICTION: THREE DOORS, Norman Patridge LEFT-HANDED RADIO, Rio Youers 1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN, Lisa Mannetti WAITING FOR G.P., Justin Gustainis RED LANTERN, Alethea Kontis CHILDHOOD GHOSTS, Kelli Owen VACCINATION, Thomas Phillips GEORGIE, Robert Ford THE PROPHET ON THE SAND, Val Muller THE LOVE STORY OF HENRY VAN PENNYSHAW, Chandler Kaiden ALMOST PARADISE, Jeremy C. Shipp LAST HALLOWEEN, Daniel G. Keohane NONFICTION : HALLOWEENED BE THY NAME, Nicholas Grabowski TAMPER (SOST), Scott Christian Carr SAM HANE IT'S NOT, Jodi Lee TEN QUESTIONS WITH NORMAN PARTRIDGE, Brian J. Hatcher EXPLODING PUMPKINS AND POISONED CANDY, Elizabeth Tucker WHERE DID ALL THE MONSTERS GO?, Kelli Owen AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: RIO YOUERS, Kevin Lucia MORE... DEMENTIS MORTUUS, Word Games for the Rest of Us, Victorya &amp; Danny Evarts BOOK REVIEWS Art from Danny Evarts &amp; Tyler Hoglund Cover by Steven Gilberts

Shroud 10: The Quarterly Journal of Dark Fiction and Art

Youers, Rio

Phillips, Thomas

Kontis, Alethea

Gustainis, Justin

Evarts, Danny

Owen, Kelli

Mannetti, Lisa

Shroud Publishing, LLC

Halloween just got a whole lot darker... DARK HALLOWS: 10 Halloween Haunts is a wonderfully chilling collection of creepy tales that will have readers up late into the night--but only if they leave a light on! This new offering from Scarlet Galleon Publications and Editor Mark Parker, includes stories from industry luminaries and new voices alike: Brian James Freeman, Al Sarrantonio, Robert Morrish, Norman Partridge, Ronald Malfi, Aaron Dries, Adam Cesare, Mark Parker, and Lisa Morton. And features a never-before-published tale from Cemetery Dance founder and publisher, Richard Chizmar! Each story is beautifully accompanied by original artwork from Aaron Dries, making this a must-have for book lovers and collectors everywhere. It’s one frightful ride readers won’t want to miss. Exploring the chilling haunts of Dark Hallows, is to take a journey into the very heart of Halloween, where readers are reconnected with the best, and hopefully worst, the 'dark holiday' has to offer.

Dark Hallows: 10 Halloween Haunts

Chizmar, Richard

Cesare, Adam

Sarrantonio, Al

Malfi, Ronald

Freeman, Brian James

Morrish, Robert

Morton, Lisa.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A Midwestern town. You know its name. You were born there. 
It's Halloween night, 1963. Every boy between the ages of sixteen and nineteen has been locked up for the last five days. Now, starving and wild, they're hitting the streets armed with baseball bats, pitchforks, and two-by-fours studded with nails. 
They're ready to go nose-to-nose with a legend. He's the reaper that grows in a cornfield, the merciless trick with a heart made of treats, the butchering nightmare with a Jack O' Lantern face. He's the October Boy, and he visits your town every Halloween, ready to run a gauntlet of young men anxious to carve his beating candy heart from his chest. 
Mitch Crenshaw and his gang burn rubber in a street rod with Gorgon headlights.... Pete McCormick's on the move with a stolen .45... and a hunted girl is out there, too, making her break on the one night of the year when no rules apply. You're running with them, threading your own path through danger and moonlight, shadowing a sadistic cop and packs of brutal teenagers who'll attack anyone who gets in their way. Because this is your town. You understand its secrets, and you want a ringside seat on the night it all comes tumbling down. 
Norman Partridge returns to Cemetery Dance with a high-octane tale of fantastic suspense. Startlingly original in style and execution, Dark Harvest is sure to be the horror event this Halloween season. Don't miss it!

Contemporary

Cemetery Dance Pubns

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