![]() ^ " 'Dark Harvest': Casey Likes & E'myri Crutchfield Tapped to Star in MGM Horror Film".^ "New Regency Sets 'Dark Harvest' With Matt Tolmach Producing Michael Gilio Adapting Norman Partridge Horror Novel".: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Forest Hill, MD: Cemetery Dance Publications. Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction (2006, won).A reviewer for Dread Central was critical, writing that "the author forgot to tie up a lot of loose ends, for example why the entire town is in lock-down in the first place and dependent on the massacre of its perennial monster." The reviewer for the Austin Chronicle was more favorable, as they felt that "The only weakness is Partridge's insistence at times to intentionally use a distracting second-person narrative. Publishers Weekly named it one of the 100 best books of the year. The following year Tor Books issued the novel in e-book and paperback format. The church and surrounding buildings are then set ablaze, by the October Boy, as the townspeople flee, now able to freely leave the hamlet.ĭark Harvest was first released in a limited edition, signed hardback in October 2006. Ricks's attempts are for naught, as he is shot and killed. He also comes face-to-face with the hamlet's lawman, Jerry Ricks, who is determined that the ritual continue. Ultimately, the October Boy manages to make it to the church, with the help of some of the local teens, where he finds that his father has committed suicide. This year, the October Boy is determined that it will be the last year for the ritual. ![]() Many of the town's fathers are aware of the truth of the ritual but still allow their sons to take part. His father, this year Jim's father Dan, is forced to carve a face for the creature and then later, persuade the creature to let itself be caught, if it does happen to make it to the church by midnight. While the winner's family does receive their prizes, the winning boy is killed, so he may become the new creature, the following year, when he is resurrected, as a gnarled monster with a pumpkin head. Unbeknownst to the participants, the truth behind the ritual is far darker than what they would expect. Winners are frequently idolized, and last year's winner, Jim Shepard, is no exception. The winner of the hunt receives the ability to leave the hamlet - something not otherwise possible - and his family is given a new home, car, and a year free from bills. Girls are forbidden from participating or being outside during the hunt. ![]() The novel is set in an unnamed Midwestern hamlet, where each year, all of the young men take part in a yearly ritual in which they hunt a giant pumpkin-headed creature that arises from the corn, known as both "Sawtooth Jack" and the "October Boy.” They are tasked with catching the creature, before it makes it to the hamlet's church, which it must do before midnight, in order to win the ordeal. Ī film adaptation of the novel was set to be released in 2022, but was pulled from the release schedule. The book is set in a hamlet where its young men must confront a creature each year in the hopes that they will win a desirable prize. ![]() Dark Harvest is a 2006 horror novel by Norman Partridge.
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