Which works of Stephen King are not all that gory?

[Neesy]

I just had a quick discussion with an older female coworker who said "I hate Stephen King" when I mentioned about the Jeopardy episode. I replied "I LOVE Stephen King" but it was hard for me to come up with lots of examples of his work that were not all that gory.

I could recall Duma Key, 11/22/63 for starters and I mentioned that "The Green Mile" movie was from a book (series) by Stephen King.

Does anybody out there have some more valid examples of nongory books that are not too full of blood, vampires, horror etc.?

Thanks!

[mustangclaire]

Alot of his short story collections are more macabre than gory i'd say. In fact, I think he writes more CREEPY than full on gore-fest...

[Lily Sawyer]

The simplest explanation is that while some of his books are gorier than others, they're always about some aspect of frightening matter. And what's frightening to a person varies from individual to individual. Black House is really gory and reallyreallyreally scary, but "Jerusalem's Lot" (the short story) isn't gory.....but it's pretty dang scary. I think it depends on a person's definition of "gory".

[Shasta]

Duma Key
Rose Madder
Insomnia
Eyes of the Dragon
Lisey's Story
The Long Walk
Roadwork
Under the Dome
The Colorado Kid
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Delores Caliborne
Hearts in Atlantis
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

[Sundrop]

Any of the short stroy collections would be great to recommend.
My first choice would be Different Seasons.....this one contains Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption as well as The Body

[Neesy]

Duma Key
Rose Madder
Insomnia
Eyes of the Dragon
Lisey's Story
The Long Walk
Roadwork
Under the Dome
The Colorado Kid
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Delores Caliborne
Hearts in Atlantis
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Wow! Good list! You really are a true fan! (Time for me to go home now - it has been a crappy day but now you made me feel better!)

[GNTLGNT]

Duma Key
Rose Madder
Insomnia
Eyes of the Dragon
Lisey's Story
The Long Walk
Roadwork
Under the Dome
The Colorado Kid
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Delores Caliborne
Hearts in Atlantis
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

...well done young Jedi!...

[kingricefan]

Do The Dead Sing is another gem.

[GNTLGNT]

Do The Dead Sing is another gem.

...of course the Dead sing...well at least they used to when Uncle Jerry was alive...

[Shasta]

Wow! Good list! You really are a true fan! (Time for me to go home now - it has been a crappy day but now you made me feel better!)

Glad I could help!

My favorites on that list are Insomnia, Hearts, Rose, and Eyes. Happy reading!