Night Surf
"Night Surf" is a post-apocalyptic short story by Stephen King, first published in the spring 1969 issue of Ubris.On an August night on Anson Beach, New Hampshire, a group of former college students have survived a plague caused by a virus called A6, or "Captain Trips".They encounter a delirious man dying of the plague and burn him alive on a pyre as a half-serious black magic human sacrifice.The protagonist, Bernie, reflects upon this new world and reminisces about "the time before" when he went to Anson Beach in his youth, years before the plague.[3] Writer-director Peter Sullivan adapted "Night Surf" as a short film, produced in 2002.