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Stoker winner Partridge (Dark Harvest) displays his superior prose skills in this collection of six short stories set around Halloween. The title tale is replete with twists that are both surprising and logical as a sheriff's complex past is revived when he responds to a fatal liquor store holdup. "Satan's Army" is a bit more heavy-handed, as religious zealots who believe The Wizard of Oz is satanic go to extreme measures to make their point. The high point is "The Jack o' Lantern," set in the Dark Harvest universe and featuring a hunt for the October Boy, a pumpkin-headed creature who terrorizes an unnamed American town. This deft blend of horror, fantasy, and noir will leave readers hoping for a longer return to that mythos. The only weak point is an essay about the Zodiac Killer, "The Man Who Killed Halloween," which lacks the length needed for real terror. (Oct.)
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It is 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...

A brand-new collection from Norman Partridge! This volume gathers several previously uncollected stories together with two new stories written for this collection. The 24 stories that make up this collection span the length of Partridge’s writing career. It also features an 8,500-word introduction, as well as a complete bibliography. As an added bonus, the limited edition also features an unpublished piece of juvenilia, “Castle of the Honda Monsters”.

- In a suburban American ghost town, a frightened boy armed with a BB gun stands alone against a soul-stealing stranger.

- During the Great Depression, outlaw rivals of Bonnie and Clyde battle for their lives in a bullet-riddled cornfield that holds the secret of love and death

- Returning to Texas beneath a sky the color of a woman’s heart, the man who slew Count Dracula brings a coffin and a thirst for vengeance to the town that abandoned him.

Norman Partridge took the horror world by storm with his funky, hip Slippin' Into Darkness, then turned his talents towards some bizarre mysteries. Now he's back with a full-fledged horror novella featuring a ghost-seeing professional killer. Wildest Dreams, limited to 500 copies and autographed by the author, is one of this season's true events -- a new horror tale from an author at the cutting-edge of the genre.

Edward Bryant. Introduction
Norman Partridge. Mr. Fox
Norman Partridge. The Baddest Son Of A Bitch In The House
Norman Partridge. Black Leather Kites
Norman Partridge. Save The Last Dance For Me
Norman Partridge. Sandprint
Norman Partridge. Vessels
Norman Partridge. In Beauty, Like the Night: A Tale of the Living Dead