Reviews
“A major talent.” —Stephen King
“Probably the most exciting and original voice in horror literature to have appeared in the last decade.” —Peter Straub
“This is contemporary American writing at its finest.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“If you’re looking for a scary Halloween tale, with lots of blood and gore—and candy—you’ve come to the right place.” —Rocky Mountain News
“Already [Dark Harvest] has the aura of a classic. Required reading for Halloween.” —Booklist
“Using a quick, lean prose reminiscent of the finest Gold Medal-era fiction and, at the same time, as fresh as a Quentin Tarantino film, Partridge packs more into this slim volume than most authors do in a bloated 600-page epic.” —The Austin Chronicle
“Dark Harvest is pure, beautiful blood-and-guts shoot-em-up, even if some of the guts are pumpkin. It’s also a Halloween campfire tale that lingers in your ears and crawls down your dreams.” —Glen Hirshberg, author of Nothing to Devour
“A powerhouse thrillride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery.’ You get a pumpkin-headed scarecrow with a butcher knife (driving a Chrysler), a twisted town full of rampaging teenagers, and one seriously demented bad boy cop just itching to cap a few asses. What you get with Norm Partridge is simply the best.” —Tom Piccirilli, author of The Last Kind Words
“What’s the best, most badass Halloween horror movie ever made? It’s the one that screened inside my head while reading Norm Partridge’s astounding Dark Harvest. In the process, Partridge has carved himself a classic slice of modern myth-making Americana. And my favorite holiday just got even weirder and cooler. LONG LIVE THE OCTOBER BOY!” —John Skipp, New York Times bestselling author of The Long Last Call