Crouch End (short story)
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"Crouch End" is a horror short story by Stephen King that blends cosmic terror and urban unease as a couple becomes lost in a sinister, otherworldly version of a London neighborhood.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
horror fiction work
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television episode ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
cosmic indifference
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disappearance ⓘ loss of reality ⓘ urban unease ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationType | anthology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmic horror
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horror ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation | otherworldly Crouch End ⓘ |
| hasTone |
claustrophobic
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ominous ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Cthulhu Mythos
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H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterCollectionPublicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | Nightmares & Dreamscapes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century American horror ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Detective Farnham
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Detective Vetter NERFINISHED ⓘ Doris Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonnie Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
distorted geography
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otherworldly dimensions ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Cthulhu Mythos-related works by Stephen King ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstPublication | Arkham House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Jerusalem’s Lot
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N ⓘ The Mist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Crouch End, London, England
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alternate reality version of Crouch End ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationFirstAirYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationFormat | anthology series episode ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationNetwork | TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationSeries | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
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