In an introduction that explores monsters both fictional and real, Partridge recalls what it was like to live in a community menaced by a serial killer and examines how the Zodiac's reign of terror shaped him as a writer. 'The Man Who Killed Halloween' is an extensive essay about growing up during the late sixties in the town where the Zodiac Killer began his murderous spree. But there's more to this holiday celebration besides fiction. In 'Three Doors,' a scarred war hero hunts his past with the help of a magic prosthetic hand, while 'Satan's Army' is a real Partridge rarity previously available only in a long sold-out lettered edition from another press. 'Johnny Halloween' features a sheriff battling both a walking ghost and his own haunted conscience. In 'The Jack o' Lantern,' a brand new Dark Harvest novelette, the October Boy races against a remorseless doppelganger bent on carving a deadly path through the town's annual ritual of death and rebirth. Now Partridge revisits Halloween with a collection featuring a half-dozen stories celebrating frights both past and present. A Bram Stoker Award winner and World Fantasy nominee, Partridge's rapid-fire tale of a small town trapped by its own shadows welcomed a wholly original creation, the October Boy, earning the author comparisons to Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, and Shirley Jackson.

'The Electrified Boxing Hollywood Cowboy in a Gorilla Suit, or Norm Partridge Cuts Loose' (Introduction) by Joe R.Norman Partridge's Halloween novel, Dark Harvest, was chosen as one of Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books of 2006.

Lansdale: it's all here in Bad Intentions, the long-awaited first full-length short story collection by Bram Stoker Award-winner Norman Partridge, a writer Stephen King calls 'a major new talent.' two brand new stories, an unpublished original comic script, story notes, and an introduction by multi-talented author Joe R.

in-your-face shocks and nitro-laced plot twists you won't soon forget. places you may have visited but have never seen clearly until now. twisted characters with decidedly different yet all-too-believable viewpoints.

Tales of supernatural horror, dark suspense, gruesome irony, and the just-plain fantastic. In the Old west, a gunslinging demon battles a witch and a cursed outlaw gang.In the Deep South, a crazed Elvis impersonator encounters a man who dares to dishonor the King's name.In Hawaii, a disillusioned businessman discovers the true power of a myth at a forgotten shrine.In the Mojave Desert, a musician stalks his own ghost and the devil woman who stole it.

In Hollywood, a struggling actor makes a desperate play for the biggest of scores at a 'dead celebrities' costume party.

In a small California town, a carnival roustabout takes a one-way road to vengeance behind the wheel of a car once owned by a notorious serial killer.

Johnny Halloween by Norman Partridge