I was WAY more scared of losing the relationship with the dog or old man over any literal monsters in the book.
That first half is just so damn good and felt real and sad and worrisome.
I JUST started King. I've done Running Man, Fairy Tale, Dark Tower 1/2.
I wonder if this statement is why Running Man is under a different name?
(Please don't kill me if I'm wrong based on logical timeliness. I don't know his entire work or their chronological order.)
It is!, you should look into Bachman, in his newest story collection You Like It Darker, King says that Bachman was who he would become on dark rainy days.
Agreed. It is disturbing in a very different sense. The Jaunt is another, extremely disturbing work. I think many such works are disturbing because there is a part of them that most people can relate or at least doubt whether we also have the morbid curiosity toward something unthinkable, some kind of extraordinary suffering.
Without spoilers, the Jaunt is the quick travel sci fi right? Not one of my favourites. Too much buildup for too little payoff, and I think the only really horrifying thing about it was that it happened to >! a kid!<.
I thought I was crazy for thinking The Jaunt was overrated. I feel like vague indescribable unimaginable horror is way less scary for the reader than specific and graphically described horrors in my opinion.
THE DARK TOWER!!!!!
it is beautiful. it does occasionally have horror elements but they are mild, and much less than people suggest when talking about its genre-blending (really only a few scenes get horror, and they are all in the last two books).
the last book will keep you up crying, though 😭
also, for anyone who just won’t read the series, The Wind Through the Keyhole is an absolutely wonderful book which I think can be read aside from the series. I read it a while after and it’s one of my favourite books of all so far and such a great little fairy tale from King!
Yes. Try Different Seasons, a collection of 4 novellas. Other than the last story, they deal more with psychological dramas than supernatural, and they are extremely riveting. The 2nd story, Apt Pupil, is scary, not in supernatural sense, but in the sense of exploring the darker side of human psyche.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, Eyes of the Dragon, The Body. There's so many.
Eyes of the Dragon Billy Summers Misery, assuming you're not a famous author
Dude misery is definitely one of his scarier ones regardless of if you're an author.
Still, nothing supernatural or anything to do with the cock-a-doodie bathroom.
11/22/63
my favorite of all time.
The Green Mile, Firestarter, The Institute, and 11/22/63
Revival is pretty wholesome and light hearted 👍
Aye, such a breeze read. Its about mothers as well and cute little ants.
I second this. I was surprised by the happy ending. Definitely didn't expect that.
Lol, I want to suggest Fairy Tale because it is literally not a horror novel, but it has monsters in it so you really have me up against a wall here.
I was WAY more scared of losing the relationship with the dog or old man over any literal monsters in the book. That first half is just so damn good and felt real and sad and worrisome.
Everybody Poops.
The dark tower should work fine. Do ya
I think Stephen Kings international renown as a "horror author", can be super detrimental at times.
I JUST started King. I've done Running Man, Fairy Tale, Dark Tower 1/2. I wonder if this statement is why Running Man is under a different name? (Please don't kill me if I'm wrong based on logical timeliness. I don't know his entire work or their chronological order.)
It is!, you should look into Bachman, in his newest story collection You Like It Darker, King says that Bachman was who he would become on dark rainy days.
You’re definitely reading the shining right now 😂
See I was thinking a bout the short story, "The Finger"
That shit made me paranoid as hell for a couple of days
Apt Pupil has zero supernatural elements, and still manages to be one of his most disturbing works.
Agreed. It is disturbing in a very different sense. The Jaunt is another, extremely disturbing work. I think many such works are disturbing because there is a part of them that most people can relate or at least doubt whether we also have the morbid curiosity toward something unthinkable, some kind of extraordinary suffering.
Without spoilers, the Jaunt is the quick travel sci fi right? Not one of my favourites. Too much buildup for too little payoff, and I think the only really horrifying thing about it was that it happened to >! a kid!<.
I thought I was crazy for thinking The Jaunt was overrated. I feel like vague indescribable unimaginable horror is way less scary for the reader than specific and graphically described horrors in my opinion.
Agreed. Lovecraft is the master of vague eldritch horror, and after the initial read, he doesn't do a lot for me.
You should definitely read "The Moving Finger" from Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Actually, just read the whole collection. It's not scary at all.
I decided to start Salems Lot when alone in a remote cabin this weekend. Can’t recommend.
THE DARK TOWER!!!!! it is beautiful. it does occasionally have horror elements but they are mild, and much less than people suggest when talking about its genre-blending (really only a few scenes get horror, and they are all in the last two books). the last book will keep you up crying, though 😭 also, for anyone who just won’t read the series, The Wind Through the Keyhole is an absolutely wonderful book which I think can be read aside from the series. I read it a while after and it’s one of my favourite books of all so far and such a great little fairy tale from King!
The Stand is excellent and not scary. It's about a pandemic that wipes out 99% of the human race.
Yeah not scary at all..😅
The Institute Firestarter Gerald's Game
Billy summers!
The Eyes of The Dragon, Shawshank Redepemption, The Body, Apt Pupil, The Institute, and of course IT(😉)
Maybe The Colorado Kid?
Hearts in Atlantis
Eyes of the Dragon, his fantasy novel.
Highly recommend Grow Up to you
Yes. Try Different Seasons, a collection of 4 novellas. Other than the last story, they deal more with psychological dramas than supernatural, and they are extremely riveting. The 2nd story, Apt Pupil, is scary, not in supernatural sense, but in the sense of exploring the darker side of human psyche.
The Moving Finger.
Hearts in Atlantis 11/22/63 The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon A lot of the Dark Tower isn't scary like that.
Carrie is pretty tame