Hey all, does Stephen King write horror anymore?

[AzuredreamsXT]

Welcome. If you by horror mean a kind of Godzilla horror.... no, that he does not do much but the real horror, the one that makes you afraid is the one inside the human heart. And there is no better author to describe it than King. Full Dark, no Stars was pretty horrific to me. Some of his darkest stories in there. Revival.
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[AzuredreamsXT]

Also, I guess I meant does Stephen King write supernatural horror anymore, visceral and terrifying like what we've seen in IT, Salem's Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew etc

 

[Neesy]

Also, I guess I meant does Stephen King write supernatural horror anymore, visceral and terrifying like what we've seen in IT, Salem's Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew etc

I think his writing style has changed quite a bit - nothing so graphic and visceral anymore (I have not read Finder's Keepers yet, so not sure if that has any gore).

Welcome Azure Dreams - what did you think of Full Dark, No Stars? That one was quite creepy, yet not actually supernatural.

 

[Kurben]

Hmmm, does it float?

Of Course!!!!

 

[morgan]

If you mean physical, outside-of-humanity monsters... I'm sure we'll see more of those. My sense, though, is that as Mr. King has aged it's people who scare the hell out of him more and more, and I empathize completely (likely because I'm getting older, too--lol). People are the scariest beasts there ever were or ever will be. No vampire/alien/bug/werewolf/ghost/demon/whatever-you-care-to-name can bring more terror to my heart than people and the horrors we wreak upon each other. Not a single thing holds a candle to that. And it gets harder each year to support the idea that we can rise above our self-centered nature in any more than a sporadic way. Just my opinion, of course

Welcome

 

[notebookgirl]

Welcome!
I think there is always an element of the "What if" in his stories, supernatural or not. Sometimes too, horror isn't just blood and guts, but the notion or suggestion that something simple can scare the hell out of you. I thought his recent books had some of these elements. I would imagine too, the title of the new book is telling, I don't think we all will be sleeping well after reading.