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Despite its initial limited release, ''Dark Harvest'' attracted the attention of many horror fans after it won the 2006 UsefulNotes/BramStokerAward for Best Long Fiction, and it received praise from Creator/StephenKing himself. Among horror fans, it's widely considered to be ideal for Halloween reading, devoting considerable effort to capturing the spirit of the holiday in prose form.
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Despite its initial limited release, ''Dark Harvest'' attracted the attention of many horror fans after it won the 2006 UsefulNotes/BramStokerAward MediaNotes/BramStokerAward for Best Long Fiction, and it received praise from Creator/StephenKing himself. Among horror fans, it's widely considered to be ideal for Halloween reading, devoting considerable effort to capturing the spirit of the holiday in prose form.
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* EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce: One of the boys who participate in Run must win every year or [[spoiler:October Boy will destroy the town. This revealed to be a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] as it puts an end to the ritual and allows the citizens to finally leave the town.]]
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* FieryRedhead: Kelly. While it's left ambiguous whether she and Pete become a couple, she's one of the few people in town whom he has ''any'' kind of a close relationship with.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Kelly is a redhead. While it's left ambiguous whether she and Pete become a couple, she's one of the few people in town whom he has ''any'' kind of a close relationship with.
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A film adaptation is set for a limited release on October 11, 2023, followed by a digital release two days later.
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A film adaptation is reportedly in development.
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A film adaptation is reportedly in development.set for a limited release on October 11, 2023, followed by a digital release two days later.
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This is explained in the novel, a child had to be the one to kill Jim Shepard, to the point where Ricks refused to shoot at Kelly and Pete for fear of hitting the October Boy. His dad was supposed to convince Jim to go outside and get killed.
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* VillainBall: Jerry Ricks could have tasked ''any'' member of the Harvester's Guild with [[spoiler:standing guard in the church to kill the October Boy if he made it inside]], but specifically chooses Dan Shepard--for little reason other than gratuitous cruelty. It never seems to occur to him that Shepard might have a few qualms with [[spoiler:''murdering his own son'']], likely throwing a wrench in his plans. Sure enough: [[spoiler:he chooses to commit suicide rather than kill Jim, allowing him to win the Run]].
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Norman Partridge later wrote a prequel short story, "The Jack-O'-Lantern," included in his limited edition anthology ''Johnny Halloween''. It details the backstory of corrupt sheriff Jerry Ricks on a Halloween years prior.
