Request: Looking for a springtime horror story.

[juushika]

On an unrelated note:

I'm in search of a springtime horror story. That may seem contradictory, but that's exactly why I want it: I've read summer horror (Kiernan's fantastic The Red Tree taught me how oppressive and stifling the dog days of summer can be) and autumn horror (every third scary story is one of these) and winter horror (just now Lindqvist's Let the Right One In is the only one to come to mind, but the stark dead of winter is a prime time for horror), but the the picnics and gardens of Shirley Jackson's novels are the closest I've gotten to horror in the spring. Those are fantastic—but I want more.

"Springtime" means it takes place in the spring, but it should be more than a passing influence: the time of year should be a prominent aspect of the setting and atmosphere. "Horror" is as broad as you need it to be, but I have a personal preference towards Gothic novels, Lovecraftian influences, (New) Weird, and fairy tale retellings; I like my horror psychological and atmospheric.

Can you think of anything that might fit the bill? I'd appreciate all recommendations.

Crossposted here on bookish.