Strawberry Spring -- An Early Stephen King Story

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10 ай бұрын

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This early Stephen King story is both creepy and mesmerizing... I had so much fun working on this audiobook version of "Strawberry Spring" complete with visuals of foggy nights on the campus of New Sharon Teacher's College...
Stephen King's "Strawberry Spring" was originally written in 1968 and published in Ubris Literary Magazine.
Opening theme: "Sinister" by Anno Domini Beats

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@michellehawkins2865 10 ай бұрын

This Reading is Very Relaxing for me. I'm Here. 2023. ❤ 🐰

@camila.sasaki 3 ай бұрын

I noticed by the end that I already read this short story in my mother language when I was a teenager. I remember getting the creeps when he says he finds the word “trunk” ugly. Stephen King is amazing

@claireslater6243 10 ай бұрын

My all time favorite author

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Then you've come to the right place!

@J_larubia1992 9 ай бұрын

This reading was superb! 🤌🏻

@stephenkingbookclub1054 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TravelsTTG 6 ай бұрын

Fuhgeddaboudit

@FloridaMan0561 8 ай бұрын

I’m really glad that I found these stories. Stephen King has been my favorite author ever since I was a kid back in the 80’s. One of the very first books I ever read was King’s “It” and then I saw the movie. I loved to read his books and then get to see them turned into movies. I started to read the “Dark tower” series of books,a process that took years to read. The narrator really does a great job bringing these stories to life and I’m hoping that I can find some narrations of the Dark tower books.

@jenniferlloyd9574 8 ай бұрын

My first Stephen King book was The Shining.

@abbynormal3068 7 ай бұрын

@@jenniferlloyd9574Mine was ‘Salem’s Lot. Second was The Shining. I was hooked and remain so to this day.

@dgsibddbsjbdsi6420 7 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the audiobook of eyes the dragon Richard Bachman book?

@Lazy-Journalist 6 ай бұрын

Salem's lot scared me took a couple of years to read his books😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@manditoemya8478 4 ай бұрын

Maybe you should try reading Dean Koontz I've read them All right from his 1st from yrs ago to his recent and for me he is much better than King .. it's just my opinion, I'm not saying King is bad as a few of his movies are my favourites and I have read many of his books too but if you like King you should really like Koontz. Happy New yr!

@SPOOKYBREWVIDEOS 7 ай бұрын

I was introduced to Mr. King in high school in the early 70"s. Strawberry Spring was a story printed in The Scholastic Reader which was distributed in my public school. Nothing had ever approached this short story within that publication before. I was hooked on this young writer!

@tacticaldiarrhea6551 10 ай бұрын

Good reading 👍

@caitlynkelly4312 10 ай бұрын

1968 ... just getting into his groove. This is what began the repeating cycles. Not just another repeat. Good stuff special for its time

@morticialechatnoir6884 10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite King stories. Really spooky.

@TOCC50 6 ай бұрын

Beatles inspired

@crystalchance9200 10 ай бұрын

I came across this channel last night n I'm enjoying it so far....ur voice is really calming 😌

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Welcome!

@mariehillard1742 10 ай бұрын

Actually I think your voice has a creepy quality. Keep up the great work lol. I'm hooked!

@jessikatkins1173 10 ай бұрын

I guess it had to be a little creepy for the psyciatrist, though not too much like it's forced...just a hint of sinister in it. I've also just come across this channel and have watched the one about the history of the Overlook Hotel too. Great idea narrating as George Hatfield and brilliant voice acting all round (creepy or otherwise) 😉 I really enjoyed this and have subbed.👍🏻

@joegilbody4878 29 күн бұрын

Great to find these stories. King and I are roughly the same age and I went to a college in New England, the University of Rhode Island. He captures that era very well.

@heatherh.197 Ай бұрын

I'm looking for something to take my mind off my husband's appointment he has tomorrow. A sigmoidoscopy. To find out if the cancer is gone. Im trusting God it's gone. Glad I found myself here. This wasn't an accident. It's a God hug. Love one another. You never know

@shebanipperschnackles9879 13 күн бұрын

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@LA_HA 10 күн бұрын

heatherh: It's a month later, but I hope all is well with you both

@ramastarchild6804 10 ай бұрын

Well done!

@daverindone655 10 ай бұрын

Solid reading! I'm from New England and this kind of weather is real.

@leahkay5269 10 ай бұрын

I love Stephen King!

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Then you've come to the right place :)

@andrewdoucet698 3 ай бұрын

I listen to the audio book at work was hooked instantly! Great short story king never fails!

@ProperlyParanoid 2 ай бұрын

I thought about this story today as I was getting home from work. The weather had been unusually warm and wet for this time of year and my bus was going past the University Park. I saw what it looked like: all foggy and dark, the lamps shining through the haze, making these big halos, all very magical and mysterious and remembered: "we're having a honest to goodness strawberry spring, like in that story!" I felt an urge to get out of the bus and walk around there. I don't think I did, and neither did I commit any wrongdoings on my way home, as far as I can tell.

@BeautifulEarthJa 10 ай бұрын

This reading was *chef's kiss*

@normadesmond6017 8 ай бұрын

this is so good. Love the early Stephen King. That's when he was at his best.

@eastsideterri25 9 ай бұрын

He quit doing coke now his writing isn't so hot for some reason. Lol

@barbarabrown9676 8 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha, his cocaine days weren't all detrimental lol

@purplepaisleypassion 7 ай бұрын

How I had missed this fabulously creepy story until now is beyond me! Jeez, Steve-O... at 20 years old you could make a grown woman feel the need to sleep with the lights on.

@TOCC50 6 ай бұрын

MGTOW

@orleansartist6095 2 ай бұрын

@Afterlife7377 the creepiest acronym you could put here

@purplepaisleypassion 2 ай бұрын

@@TOCC50 ?????

@chaseroush6503 2 ай бұрын

This is a favorite of mine, because that last line just sticks with you. "And, oh dear God, I think so, too." Goosebumps.

@bruggeman672 7 ай бұрын

Killin' it with these videos! Well done sir!

@dianam.4736 8 ай бұрын

Wonderfully read! Thank you!

@pimpozza 2 ай бұрын

What excellent storytelling.. 👏 Thank you so much!

@nh8444 2 ай бұрын

I just bought Graveyard Shift. I had no idea he had short story and novella collections. I’m not a fan of his newest work, but I like the older stuff. Great narration. Fantastic voice.

@stephenkingbookclub1054 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@cindyh8017 7 ай бұрын

He had me hooked with Salem's Lot. Been a steady customer ever since.❤😂❤😂

@margm4 10 ай бұрын

Love it. Read the story eons ago, but so nice to hear it read! 😍🇦🇺

@sparklemotion8377 9 ай бұрын

Even without the flag I'd know your Australian, eons😁

@margm4 9 ай бұрын

@@sparklemotion8377 😉😉

@JonTanOsb 10 ай бұрын

I hadn't read this one. Thanks. I figured out who did it early on, but kept listening because it was written extremely well. I recently bought bathroom scales with the name THINNER on it and remembered reading an early story of King's under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. I hope I don't lose too much weight. :) Jon in rural BC, Canada

@kikiokellern7351 9 ай бұрын

lol I have one of those scales too and think of the story every time I read it.

@bradyblackburn7877 10 ай бұрын

Very well done. Thanks for doing this 😊

@DSnake655 9 ай бұрын

One of the best of his early stories. That, *twist*.

@stephendavis6267 9 ай бұрын

One of my all-time favourite King stories, and it's always been my pick for his most "underrated" one. I would love to see it done as a short film, although of course it works best in the format it's in. Fantastic reading! You really evoked its haunting imagery.

@stephenkingbookclub1054 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! This one combines that eerie Gothic / poetic vibe found in some of King's best moments.

@danceswithcomicbooks7733 4 ай бұрын

It's a good story but far from his best.

@Jeff-jw1rl 10 ай бұрын

Outstanding! Great reading,speed and delivery!!!

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@maryhoyt2609 10 ай бұрын

Another great job narrating from my favorite book of short stories by Stephen King. Nicely done-great tone, pitch, and timing. Awesome job, once again! Looking forward to more!!!

@meganluck4352 2 ай бұрын

Strawberry Spring sounds like it should be lovely but this story definitely says that it is not good at all. Great narrator. I had read many Stephen King books but hadn't heard of this short story.

@noneYa66613 10 ай бұрын

Excellent reading!

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@leeannalovestherain 10 ай бұрын

now this is something else

@ameliorationstation7081 10 ай бұрын

Is this allowed? Love it before the strike.

@curiositypiqued6573 9 ай бұрын

Quite a twist at the end....don't forget king was only 20 in 1968....that's impressive asf...damn how did he do it

@sharingmyfun8804 8 ай бұрын

This is the best reading of this 4:06 story that I have ever heard! Thank you.

@bruceevans3476 10 ай бұрын

Simply, thank you.

@user-qo9gm4lw1w 2 ай бұрын

Smooth velvet nervesooting voice❤😊 7:53

@pamelabrown3058 10 ай бұрын

Stephen King 😌 Ole Reliable

@TreborPaulson 6 ай бұрын

One of his best, stays with me I forget how much I loved his early tales.

@aliaperez7809 8 ай бұрын

Quietly, he sneaks up on his audience and, in the end, reveals what I hated the most to believe.

@Topdoggie7 6 ай бұрын

Oh?

@watcher235711 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful reading and I love the images you chose. I read this story before I went to college in New England 30 years ago. I thought of it every time I walked anywhere in this kind of weather and gave myself a chill. It's so evocative.

@franceswomble8083 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this story. 😊

@dawncannon7074 7 ай бұрын

I've always loved this little tale. ❤

@pastordeniseearley6067 10 ай бұрын

2 more days! 😢. Ok time to set the notification!!😊😊

@dorabarkley6335 8 ай бұрын

Good story - great storyteller ❤

@janetparlato4341 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful narration!

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@ckelley8275 10 ай бұрын

Great job! Your voice is very calming and engaging.

@margaretjohnson6259 10 ай бұрын

i remember this story and this was great.

@LordCommanderSpaceAlligator 10 ай бұрын

The name came from the way the original killer lept over fences and walls to escape unidentified. Not because he "left no footprints". "It was as if he had springs in the heels of his boots." Makes quite a bit more sense, does it not?

@ViVi-yw5sr 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! Enjoyed soooo much

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@MrUndersolo 3 ай бұрын

Excellent work with this. Still impressed that it came so early in his career...

@annabrown7302 8 ай бұрын

LOVE THIS THANK YOU YOU TUBE AND STEPHEN KING ❤

@Somelady464 9 ай бұрын

Oh, such a treat!!!

@laurahately7653 8 ай бұрын

This was brilliant.x

@Gatorchik441 8 ай бұрын

AMAZING!!! I Love Stephen King

@fly_speck_cafe 9 ай бұрын

Lovely nod to Sandburg. Your visuals are very effective.

@1tarawho 9 ай бұрын

Stephen King is the Elvis of authors❤. I love his short stories, short and to the point!!

@themanyshadesofus7763 28 күн бұрын

Great narration!

@Carmna1129 10 ай бұрын

Love this

@user-xe8zw8xn7v 8 ай бұрын

Thanks this was such s good story❤

@airmanfirstclass3535 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for an incredible audiobook presentation. I enjoy the worls of Stephen King. Am currently reading my nth novel by him, was great to breeze through this one as an audio version. Cheers

@stephenkingbookclub1054 7 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@elizabethbose7638 10 ай бұрын

ive loved him since i was ten...in the 1980's noone cared what kids read. they should. these arent good for kids,.,,anyhow i love your channel sir. read so well.

@vileenavinayan8946 25 күн бұрын

That was something else. Awesome narration 🤌

@stephenkingbookclub1054 25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ronanderson6837 6 ай бұрын

Easily my favorite of his early stories. Such a creepy one

@sharonroller8849 10 ай бұрын

Just found you, loved your reading 😊

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

@danceswithcomicbooks7733 4 ай бұрын

I read this one years ago. Grest little story.

@merrymaid2890 3 күн бұрын

Oustanding story. Outstanding reading. ❤️

@stephenkingbookclub1054 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for listening :)

@louisakeen9316 9 ай бұрын

Nicely read.

@nancyM1313 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, very nice💗

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Welcome 😊

@rhonaharker6358 6 ай бұрын

I love this , wish there was more

@NidusDigishortstories 6 күн бұрын

Your voice is so smooth. Wish I could also do that for my videos.

@Lazy-Journalist 6 ай бұрын

The ending was amazing.😊

@hatchetjack1031 4 ай бұрын

Well read! Subtle sound effects. No AI. Well done. 👍

@sylvianapalma958 6 ай бұрын

Excellent job reading this one, dude.

@bbtinman 10 ай бұрын

Goosebumps

@TheFaulkned 6 ай бұрын

Hey great story. Glad this was the first I heard

@rorysmith2415 8 ай бұрын

Interesting story. Merci. Diolch.

@stephenkingbookclub1054 9 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@pattyrobidart8882 8 ай бұрын

Great reading

@stephenkingbookclub1054 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@niraku321 8 ай бұрын

"Not on little cat's feet." Best line ever..

@karinbarger9192 20 күн бұрын

So glad to have found this! Been a King fan since (1970?). Wasn’t this story eventually combined in a book with others, into a collection of short stories?

@stephenkingbookclub1054 19 күн бұрын

Yes, this was collected in the NIGHT SHIFT book. :)

@perrinmirise7011 7 ай бұрын

So the narrator was the killer

@elizabethbose7638 10 ай бұрын

@stephenkingbookclub1054 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😄

@AddinesW 7 ай бұрын

Great I came across this channel

@tamarabeinlich7353 9 ай бұрын

Stumbled on your channel after listening to the Appalachian Story Teller. I'm subscribed whatever that means cuz youtube never notifies when something new comes up.

@stephenkingbookclub1054 9 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@lemonsarenastyaf410 7 ай бұрын

spooky i loved it

@davidfaulkner7805 9 күн бұрын

Love the ending

@rozita3781 5 ай бұрын

Wow this voice is magical 🪄🤍

@andreac5724 10 ай бұрын

Another home run

@christinebrument6851 9 ай бұрын

Worked it out early on but well narrated.

@patriciafeehan7732 8 ай бұрын

I love Constant Reader

@joanmelnick1704 4 ай бұрын

Future stories easily seen in this. 😊

@ajwinberg 4 ай бұрын

The end was very predictable, but i really loved this story. Tha k you for reading it.

@benitadominguez2077 9 ай бұрын

🎃 Gracias ✌️

@NataliePrskaloStuff Ай бұрын

I’m beyond appreciative of free audiobooks, but holy crap…I can hear the dry mouth in every sentence and my misophonia is triggered so hard 🤣 why am I like this?! 😭