Horror is bigger than Stephen King. These spooky Seattleites help find the right scare for you Katie Campbell October 29, 2025 / 8:03 am

I have an unpopular opinion among horror readers: I don't think Stephen King is that good.

He's prolific, wildly so, and I did enjoy his 1977 and 1987 hits "The Shining" and "Misery." But I read a lot of horror, and frankly, I think there are better writers in the genre who haven't gotten even a fraction of the accolades King has. (If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: The Stephen every horror fan should be reading is Stephen Graham Jones.)

Since it's spooky season, and readers of all sorts may be looking for scares, I called up a couple of local literary horror experts to talk about how the genre has evolved and who we should b

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