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Where to start with horror fiction? Stephen King?

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clemetteattlee · 25/10/2013 19:01

I have never read any horror but was listening to a radio programme the other day about King's Pet Cemetry and thought I would give the genre a go. But where's the best place to start? I would like it to be scary but not necessarily ridiculously graphic and something well written.
Any recommendations?

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LEMisafucker · 25/10/2013 19:15

To be fair, pet semetary was one of the only books to actually scare me.

LEMisafucker · 25/10/2013 19:14

I read Pet Semetary when i was a teenager, it scared the bejaysus out of me, but like so many of Stephen King's books the apocalyptic end disappointed me. Also don't read if you don't like bad things happening to children, its really a disturbing book.

I don't tend to read horror anymore - keep thinkng about getting back to it so marking place for recommendations.

The last book of that ilk that i read was "Dr Strange and Mr Norrel" or something like that - it was a bit of a long one but it was brilliant, spooky, clever and not overly gory. I also enjoyed Dracula.

When i was younger I read Stephen King, Dean Koontz and James Herbert. I feel i have out grown them now, which is a shame.

jimijack · 25/10/2013 19:06

Oooh ooh the shining, BEST BOOK EVER for horror.

MikeLitorisBites · 25/10/2013 19:05

I enjoyed Lissys story and insomnia. Neither are particularly graphic or gory.

My favourite would be the shining and that is very scary but again not what I would call graphic.

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