Night Surf

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"Night Surf" is a post-apocalyptic short story by Stephen King set in the same flu-ravaged world as his novel "The Stand."

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instanceOf post-apocalyptic fiction
short story
author Stephen King
authorAlsoWrote The Stand
authorNationality American
collectedIn Night Shift
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresDisease Captain Trips
firstPublicationYear 1969
genre horror fiction
post-apocalyptic fiction
hasApproximateLength short fiction
hasCultFollowing Stephen King readers
hasFictionalUniverseElement global depopulation by flu
hasMainCharactersAgeGroup young adults
hasPandemicCause mutated influenza-like virus
hasRevisedText version in Night Shift
hasTone bleak
darkly ironic
includedInGenreCollection Night Shift
influencedBy pandemic and plague narratives
isEarlyWorkOf Stephen King
isOftenDescribedAs companion piece to The Stand
language English
literaryCategory American short story
literaryMovement contemporary horror
medium print
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narratorCharacterName Bernie
notableElement early version of The Stand universe
originalPublicationMedium Ubris magazine
originalPublicationType student magazine
primaryTheme aftermath of global plague
loss of faith
nihilism
survival after pandemic
protagonistGroup survivor teenagers
publisherOfCollection Doubleday
relatedWork The Stand
revisedVersionPublishedIn Night Shift
setting flu-ravaged world
post-apocalyptic world
sharesUniverseWith The Stand
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfSetting near future after global flu pandemic

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Night Shift hasShortStory Night Surf