So I've never read a horror before, let a lone a Stephen King one...

[Patricia A]

I went down to my library to try and get another book but all they had was Night Shift, that collection of short stories. Still, better than nothing, so I got it out.

Thanks for the welcomes, by the way

Night Shift is great, I don't think you'll be disappointed. His short stories are among the best of all the short stories I've ever read, it takes a certain touch that Stephen King is the master of.

Enjoy! And your welcome for the welcomes.

[Renzo]

Wow, you definitely picked his scariest novel right off the bat. I have only seen the movie thus far but from what I hear...Pet Semetary might stress me out too much. I better read it before I have kids, eh?

Welcome to SK and keep reading!

[THISisWHEREiMAKEmySTAND]

I have to say Gerald's Game really gave me a case of the heebie-geebies, but its certainly a differant sort of horror. I thought The Shining was pretty scary, but honestly the shrub-monsters always cracked me up, but I digress. Keep reading, King sai will keep you on your toes!!

[Bryan James]

My local library (two blocks from work) is woefully under-Kinged. I've considered filing a complaint. There's a good countywide intra-library loan system available, though. Talk to your public librarian, because they REALLY seem to want to help.

"Everything's Eventual" is my favorite King shorts collection. Jack London, however, wins it by a nose. He wrote some junk, too, though.

Enjoy the discovery, and don't feel bad if you want to shut one short/book down and try the next.

BJS

[thymeoperator]

**********SPOILERS***********
I was lost as to why King informed us of Gage and Normas deaths before they happened, but looking back, I guess it all helped tp generate this inexplicable fear in the reader, the type that the characters felt so many times throughout the book.

i loved the way that was handled - it lulls you into a false sense of security. i knew gage would die, because i read king's intro to the book about his inspiration for the story, and i dreaded reading it because i have a little boy that age myself. then it came along in the book, and it just said he died, and i thought 'okay that wasn't so bad' thinking the worst was over - then louis has the flashback and it goes into detail when i least expected it and i was just in shock, it was horrible! very well written.

[RavensMirror]

Pet Sematary was my firt Stephen King book too. I grew up on the movie. The movie strikes a nerve with me that I can't explain. People laugh at me when I tell them the only thing I fear is heights and Stephen King's Pet Sematary.

Even though it scares the hell out of me, I watch the movie once a year and I HAD to read the book. I guess it's kind of like facing your fears. Which Stephen King is good at making us do!

After reading the book, I put it on my shelf behind a wall of other books out of sight lol. I may revisit it sometime down the road, but it won't be soon!

My next adventure is IT. I'm only at the first interlude, I'll post my thoughts on it after I've finished it.

[plgordon]

I scincerely hope You enjoy all Of Pet Semetary,because you will truly have opened a door to some unbelievably entertaining reading. Some times I wonder if the world of Stephen King literature isn't way more than just books!