The Road Virus

E834148
horror fiction work short story

The Road Virus is a horror short story by Stephen King about a sinister painting that seems to change and draw closer with each viewing, bringing deadly consequences.

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Label Occurrences
The Road Virus canonical 1
The Road Virus Heads North 1
The Road Virus Heads North (short story) 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
centralObject sinister painting ⓘ
conflictType man vs supernatural ⓘ
containsMotif malevolent artwork ⓘ
premonition of death ⓘ
pursuit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Richard Kinnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre horror ⓘ
hasElement cursed object ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
road trip ⓘ
supernatural painting ⓘ
hasTheme art and reality blurring ⓘ
inevitability of fate ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
intendedAudience adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century American horror ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalPublicationMedium anthology ⓘ
plotDevice painting that changes over time ⓘ
protagonistOccupation horror writer ⓘ
setting New England NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone dark ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ
workType short fiction ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Full Throttle → hasShortStory → The Road Virus ⓘ
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King → hasEpisode → The Road Virus ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Road Virus Heads North
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King → basedOnWork → The Road Virus ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Road Virus Heads North (short story)