Strawberry Spring Summary

An article in the newspaper causes the narrator to recall a time when he was in college and several students were killed. It was a strawberry spring, a false spring, that brought cool weather and fog at night. The first night of fog ended when a young man tripped over the body of a co-ed. The young girl's throat was cut. Fear spread through campus until a rumor began suggesting that the young girl's boyfriend had been charged with the murder. That night, the narrator walked around campus as the fog once again rolled in. The next morning, the narrator woke to the news that another girl had been killed. Now people were frightened, convinced a serial killer was on the loose. They had even come up with a name for the killer, Springheel Jack. That night, the narrator stayed in...