Strawberry Spring -- An Early Stephen King Story

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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
    @michellehawkins286510 ай бұрын

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

  • @camila.sasaki
    @camila.sasaki4 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

  • @chaseroush6503
    @chaseroush65032 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.

  • @heatherh.197
    @heatherh.1972 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

    @shebanipperschnackles9879

    24 күн бұрын

    TH¢ oil research it on rum bumble. Ri©k $1mpsion. Info is heavily sensored

  • @LA_HA

    @LA_HA

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @MrPINKFL0YD

    @MrPINKFL0YD

    8 күн бұрын

    I hope you are both well and happy 😊

  • @Virgogirl45

    @Virgogirl45

    5 күн бұрын

    Praying for you both, I hope that all is well.❤

  • @FloridaMan0561
    @FloridaMan05619 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

    @jenniferlloyd9574

    8 ай бұрын

    My first Stephen King book was The Shining.

  • @abbynormal3068

    @abbynormal3068

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @dgsibddbsjbdsi6420

    @dgsibddbsjbdsi6420

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @Lazy-Journalist

    @Lazy-Journalist

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @manditoemya8478

    @manditoemya8478

    5 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!

  • @claireslater6243
    @claireslater624310 ай бұрын

    My all time favorite author

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Then you've come to the right place!

  • @SPOOKYBREWVIDEOS
    @SPOOKYBREWVIDEOS7 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!

  • @J_larubia1992
    @J_larubia199210 ай бұрын

    This reading was superb! 🤌🏻

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @TravelsTTG

    @TravelsTTG

    7 ай бұрын

    Fuhgeddaboudit

  • @ProperlyParanoid
    @ProperlyParanoid3 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.

  • @daverindone655
    @daverindone65510 ай бұрын

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

  • @joegilbody4878
    @joegilbody4878Ай 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.

  • @purplepaisleypassion
    @purplepaisleypassion7 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

    @TOCC50

    6 ай бұрын

    MGTOW

  • @orleansartist6095

    @orleansartist6095

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@Afterlife7377 the creepiest acronym you could put here

  • @purplepaisleypassion

    @purplepaisleypassion

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TOCC50 ?????

  • @caitlynkelly4312
    @caitlynkelly431210 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

  • @meganluck4352
    @meganluck43523 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.

  • @BeautifulEarthJa
    @BeautifulEarthJa10 ай бұрын

    This reading was *chef's kiss*

  • @morticialechatnoir6884
    @morticialechatnoir688410 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite King stories. Really spooky.

  • @TOCC50

    @TOCC50

    6 ай бұрын

    Beatles inspired

  • @andrewdoucet698
    @andrewdoucet6983 ай бұрын

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

  • @nh8444
    @nh84442 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

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @crystalchance9200
    @crystalchance920010 ай бұрын

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

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @mariehillard1742

    @mariehillard1742

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @jessikatkins1173

    @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.👍🏻

  • @normadesmond6017
    @normadesmond60178 ай бұрын

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

  • @eastsideterri25

    @eastsideterri25

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @barbarabrown9676

    @barbarabrown9676

    8 ай бұрын

    Hahahahaha, his cocaine days weren't all detrimental lol

  • @cindyh8017
    @cindyh80178 ай бұрын

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

  • @tacticaldiarrhea6551
    @tacticaldiarrhea655110 ай бұрын

    Good reading 👍

  • @leahkay5269
    @leahkay526910 ай бұрын

    I love Stephen King!

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Then you've come to the right place :)

  • @pimpozza
    @pimpozza3 ай бұрын

    What excellent storytelling.. 👏 Thank you so much!

  • @ramastarchild6804
    @ramastarchild680410 ай бұрын

    Well done!

  • @stephendavis6267
    @stephendavis62679 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

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @danceswithcomicbooks7733

    @danceswithcomicbooks7733

    4 ай бұрын

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

  • @JonTanOsb
    @JonTanOsb10 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

    @kikiokellern7351

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @bruggeman672
    @bruggeman6728 ай бұрын

    Killin' it with these videos! Well done sir!

  • @margm4
    @margm410 ай бұрын

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

  • @sparklemotion8377

    @sparklemotion8377

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @margm4

    @margm4

    10 ай бұрын

    @@sparklemotion8377 😉😉

  • @dianam.4736
    @dianam.47368 ай бұрын

    Wonderfully read! Thank you!

  • @curiositypiqued6573
    @curiositypiqued65739 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

  • @TreborPaulson
    @TreborPaulson7 ай бұрын

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

  • @user-qo9gm4lw1w
    @user-qo9gm4lw1w3 ай бұрын

    Smooth velvet nervesooting voice❤😊 7:53

  • @pamelabrown3058
    @pamelabrown305810 ай бұрын

    Stephen King 😌 Ole Reliable

  • @maryhoyt2609
    @maryhoyt260910 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!!!

  • @bruceevans3476
    @bruceevans347610 ай бұрын

    Simply, thank you.

  • @sharingmyfun8804
    @sharingmyfun88049 ай бұрын

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

  • @leeannalovestherain
    @leeannalovestherain10 ай бұрын

    now this is something else

  • @ameliorationstation7081

    @ameliorationstation7081

    10 ай бұрын

    Is this allowed? Love it before the strike.

  • @bradyblackburn7877
    @bradyblackburn787710 ай бұрын

    Very well done. Thanks for doing this 😊

  • @pastordeniseearley6067
    @pastordeniseearley606710 ай бұрын

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

  • @dawncannon7074
    @dawncannon70747 ай бұрын

    I've always loved this little tale. ❤

  • @aliaperez7809
    @aliaperez78098 ай бұрын

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

  • @Topdoggie7

    @Topdoggie7

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh?

  • @DSnake655
    @DSnake6559 ай бұрын

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

  • @Jeff-jw1rl
    @Jeff-jw1rl10 ай бұрын

    Outstanding! Great reading,speed and delivery!!!

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @noneYa66613
    @noneYa6661310 ай бұрын

    Excellent reading!

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @elizabethbose7638
    @elizabethbose763810 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.

  • @watcher235711
    @watcher2357117 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.

  • @annabrown7302
    @annabrown73028 ай бұрын

    LOVE THIS THANK YOU YOU TUBE AND STEPHEN KING ❤

  • @franceswomble8083
    @franceswomble80838 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this story. 😊

  • @danceswithcomicbooks7733
    @danceswithcomicbooks77334 ай бұрын

    I read this one years ago. Grest little story.

  • @ronanderson6837
    @ronanderson68377 ай бұрын

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

  • @1tarawho
    @1tarawho9 ай бұрын

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

  • @margaretjohnson6259
    @margaretjohnson625910 ай бұрын

    i remember this story and this was great.

  • @Gatorchik441
    @Gatorchik4418 ай бұрын

    AMAZING!!! I Love Stephen King

  • @vileenavinayan8946
    @vileenavinayan8946Ай бұрын

    That was something else. Awesome narration 🤌

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    Ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @merrymaid2890
    @merrymaid289014 күн бұрын

    Oustanding story. Outstanding reading. ❤️

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    14 күн бұрын

    Thanks for listening :)

  • @ViVi-yw5sr
    @ViVi-yw5sr10 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this! Enjoyed soooo much

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome!

  • @ckelley8275
    @ckelley827510 ай бұрын

    Great job! Your voice is very calming and engaging.

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo4 ай бұрын

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

  • @LordCommanderSpaceAlligator
    @LordCommanderSpaceAlligator10 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?

  • @sylvianapalma958
    @sylvianapalma9587 ай бұрын

    Excellent job reading this one, dude.

  • @dorabarkley6335
    @dorabarkley63358 ай бұрын

    Good story - great storyteller ❤

  • @Lazy-Journalist
    @Lazy-Journalist6 ай бұрын

    The ending was amazing.😊

  • @karinbarger9192
    @karinbarger9192Ай 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

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    29 күн бұрын

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

  • @Somelady464
    @Somelady46410 ай бұрын

    Oh, such a treat!!!

  • @laurahately7653
    @laurahately76539 ай бұрын

    This was brilliant.x

  • @ajwinberg
    @ajwinberg4 ай бұрын

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

  • @janetparlato4341
    @janetparlato434110 ай бұрын

    Wonderful narration!

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you kindly!

  • @NidusDigishortstories
    @NidusDigishortstories17 күн бұрын

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

  • @themanyshadesofus7763
    @themanyshadesofus7763Ай бұрын

    Great narration!

  • @fly_speck_cafe
    @fly_speck_cafe9 ай бұрын

    Lovely nod to Sandburg. Your visuals are very effective.

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM131310 ай бұрын

    Thank you, very nice💗

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Welcome 😊

  • @rhonaharker6358
    @rhonaharker63587 ай бұрын

    I love this , wish there was more

  • @user-xe8zw8xn7v
    @user-xe8zw8xn7v8 ай бұрын

    Thanks this was such s good story❤

  • @airmanfirstclass3535
    @airmanfirstclass35357 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

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    7 ай бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @TheFaulkned
    @TheFaulkned7 ай бұрын

    Hey great story. Glad this was the first I heard

  • @Carmna1129
    @Carmna112910 ай бұрын

    Love this

  • @hatchetjack1031
    @hatchetjack10315 ай бұрын

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

  • @rozita3781
    @rozita37816 ай бұрын

    Wow this voice is magical 🪄🤍

  • @NataliePrskaloStuff
    @NataliePrskaloStuffАй 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?! 😭

  • @AddinesW
    @AddinesW7 ай бұрын

    Great I came across this channel

  • @davidfaulkner7805
    @davidfaulkner780520 күн бұрын

    Love the ending

  • @louisakeen9316
    @louisakeen93169 ай бұрын

    Nicely read.

  • @tamarabeinlich7353
    @tamarabeinlich735310 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

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @joanmelnick1704
    @joanmelnick17045 ай бұрын

    Future stories easily seen in this. 😊

  • @rorysmith2415
    @rorysmith24158 ай бұрын

    Interesting story. Merci. Diolch.

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @pattyrobidart8882
    @pattyrobidart88828 ай бұрын

    Great reading

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @kirsten007
    @kirsten0072 ай бұрын

    I have to admit something, I can't listen to audiobooks at all. I don't know what happened in this story... But I liked the reading. Good job :)

  • @andreac5724
    @andreac572410 ай бұрын

    Another home run

  • @sharonroller8849
    @sharonroller884910 ай бұрын

    Just found you, loved your reading 😊

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 🤗

  • @perrinmirise7011
    @perrinmirise70117 ай бұрын

    So the narrator was the killer

  • @bbtinman
    @bbtinman10 ай бұрын

    Goosebumps

  • @christinebrument6851
    @christinebrument685110 ай бұрын

    Worked it out early on but well narrated.

  • @niraku321
    @niraku3218 ай бұрын

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

  • @lemonsarenastyaf410
    @lemonsarenastyaf4108 ай бұрын

    spooky i loved it

  • @scrollingthecomments.4043
    @scrollingthecomments.40438 ай бұрын

    I knew from the beginning predictable. Very much enjoyed it though. Thankyou. Now onto boogyman 😮

  • @elizabethbose7638
    @elizabethbose763810 ай бұрын

  • @stephenkingbookclub1054

    @stephenkingbookclub1054

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 😄

  • @allessandmegchannel
    @allessandmegchannel4 ай бұрын

    I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE HIM THE WHOLE TIME

  • @vertigo2894
    @vertigo28946 ай бұрын

    I knew it from the very beginning.

  • @benitadominguez2077
    @benitadominguez207710 ай бұрын

    🎃 Gracias ✌️

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