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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instanceOf horror fiction work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
adaptedAs television episode ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
centralTheme cosmic indifference ⓘ
disappearance ⓘ
loss of reality ⓘ
urban unease ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublicationType anthology ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1980 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
genre cosmic horror ⓘ
horror ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasFictionalLocation otherworldly Crouch End ⓘ
hasTone claustrophobic ⓘ
ominous ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
inspiredBy Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterCollectionPublicationYear 1993 ⓘ
laterIncludedIn Nightmares & Dreamscapes ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th-century American horror ⓘ
mainCharacters Detective Farnham ⓘ
Detective Vetter ⓘ
Doris Freeman ⓘ
Lonnie Freeman ⓘ
motif distorted geography ⓘ
otherworldly dimensions ⓘ
unreliable perception ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOfSeries Cthulhu Mythos-related works by Stephen King ⓘ
publisherOfFirstPublication Arkham House ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Jerusalem’s Lot ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem's Lot

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The Mist ⓘ
linked to: The Mist (novella)
setting Crouch End, London, England ⓘ
alternate reality version of Crouch End ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
televisionAdaptationFirstAirYear 2006 ⓘ
televisionAdaptationFormat anthology series episode ⓘ
televisionAdaptationNetwork TNT ⓘ
televisionAdaptationSeries Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King ⓘ

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