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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Night Surf canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
authorAlsoWrote The Stand ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
collectedIn Night Shift ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ