Norman Partridge (born May 28, 1958) is an American writer of horror and mystery fiction. He has written two detective novels about retired boxer Jack Baddalach, Saguaro Riptide and The Ten Ounce Siesta. He is also the author of a Crow novel, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, which was adapted in 2005 into the fourth Crow movie, bearing the same name.
His short stories are collected in the volumes Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales, Bad Intentions, and The Man with the Barbed Wire Fists.
Partridge works as the library's evening circulation supervisor at Saint Mary's College of California.[2] He gave a campus reading of Dark Harvest on October 30, 2019.[3]
In October 2010, Cemetery Dance announced the "Four Days of Halloween" Limited Edition promotional offer,[4] where from October 29, 2010 to November 1, 2010, they would be offering 10/31: The Butcher's Tale by Norman Partridge, setting the print run at however many books were ordered in that window. As of July, 2022, there has been no development on this book, and apparently no plans from Partridge to deliver a manuscript.[5]
"In Beauty, Like the Night: A Tale of the Living Dead"
This book was re-released in a revised version in 2005 by Subterranean Press with 11 more short stories and authorial commentary about each story ( ISBN1-59606-032-8). Early pre-orders also came with the chapbook Dead Men Tell No Tales. The additional stories are:
"The Body Bags"
"Cosmos"
"Stackalee"
"Tooth & Nail"
"The Entourage"
"Kiss of Death"
"Treats"
"Velvet Fangs"
"!Cuidado!"
"When the Fruit Comes Ripe"
"Walkers"
"The Season of Giving"
The re-released Subterranean Press version also came in a 26 copy lettered edition which featured additional material:
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