How to Escape into the Horrors of Stephen King Part 1

How to Escape into the Horrors of Stephen King Part 1

by Jacob Malewitz

Stephen King is apt to scare you. The renowned author of doznes of novels of terror never takes a day off when it comes to writing something downright spook. Ready to get scared? Let’s escape into the horrors of Stephen King

Study the writer

There is, for me, nothing more interesting than seeing how human writers are. They drink: Stephen King drank a lot. They write odd things: Stephen King has a vivid imagination. They explore their imaginations: King uses his imagination to truly make that haunted house look scary, that dead body walking around as a symbol of terror. So you can study all these things and maybe know the writer behind the desk a little more.

One good way to escape into Stephen King’s mind and imagination is to read his autobiographic work, “On Writing,” which details not only his life but his opinion on writing.

Scared by the horror

The next step is to pick up the book that made Stephen King famous: Carrie. This nvoel was turend into a film because it showed the scared, erratic mind of a young girl going through puberty. “Carrie” put Stephen King on the map. No one would say anything about horror—most times—without bringing up King anymore.

Pick up His Epics

Stephen King seems to like to push the envelope on how many pages he can make a novel. Take “It,” a classic tale of a killer clown which goes well past 1,000 pages. Or look to what many consider his masterpiece, “The Stand,” his longest single work.