Strawberry Spring
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"Strawberry Spring" is a horror short story by Stephen King, originally published in his collection *Night Shift*, about a series of murders that occur during a foggy, out-of-season warm spell.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strawberry Spring canonical | 1 |
| Strawberry Spring (audio drama) | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror short story
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | podcast ⓘ |
| adaptationPlatform | podcast streaming platforms ⓘ |
| adaptationProducer | Audio Up Media ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
atmospheric horror
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hidden identity ⓘ serial murder ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublishedInCollection | Night Shift ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Strawberry Spring
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Strawberry Spring (audio drama)
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| hasMotif |
fog
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newspaper clippings ⓘ urban legend atmosphere ⓘ |
| influencedBy | campus horror tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
foreshadowing
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twist ending ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Stephen King campus horror
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use of weather phenomenon as horror catalyst ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf |
Night Shift
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surface form:
Night Shift (short story collection)
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| plotElement |
killer nicknamed Springheel Jack
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murders occur during a foggy warm spell ⓘ out-of-season warm spell called a strawberry spring ⓘ series of murders on a college campus ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| publicationType | short story collection contribution ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
New Sharon College
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fictional New England college ⓘ |
| timePeriodInStory |
eight years before the narrator recounts events
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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suspenseful ⓘ |
| workOf | Stephen King bibliography ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Strawberry Spring (audio drama)