leedschap

I would go with his short stories first, they give you a good insight to what to expect, The Ten o clock people, gingerbread girl, last rung of the ladder, not all really horror stories, but certainly ones that push and pull at our failings, I think.

Its difficult to argue with what stephen king offers, from his earliest work, right up until present day, it seems his imagination is somehow always on overtime. No other author can quite match him for the one liners, that line from The Regulators sticks with me, Thunder rumbled, dark and dangerous,, .........it somehow sums up in just five words a scenario of inclement weather conditions, not just the vision,, but the sound, the whole of it. I sometimes struggle with Kings references to America, given I am from the UK, its not always easy to relate to baseball, a buick 8 car, etc, but all in all. I had my doubts about 11.22.63, and I still arent really sure a fiction writer should emphasize his real world opinions in the epilogue, but hey ho, I suppose he is more qualified than most.

I always found a lot of James Herbert novels quite disturbing, not entirely sure exactly why, but he could be very explicit, and seemed able to create very convincing scenarios, the same could be said of Clive Barker, in my opinion.